Asian Style Green Beans

5 from 2 votes

This Asian-style green bean recipe is a quick, easy side dish with few ingredients! The flavors are so incredible you may never eat green beans any other way!

Prep Time10

Course: Entrees, Side Dish, sides

Cuisine: Asian

Diet: Diabetic, Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 56kcal

Author: Kathy Carmichael

Ingredients

1 pound green beans triimmed
1 Tablespoon garlic paste
1 Tablespoon ginger paste
1 lemon juiced
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
1 Tablespoon dried onion granules

Instructions

Trim the ends of the green beans.
Steam the green beans in a vegetable steamer for 5-7 minutes, or choose a similar cooking method provided.
Transfer the cooked green beans into a bowl or container with top.
Add the other ingredients.
Secure the top on the bowl or container.
Shake the ingredients to coat the green beans.
Serve as a side dish or entree.

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Notes

To choose fresh green beans, make sure they snap. Bend the pod and wait until you hear that all-too-familiar snapping sound. When the beans are ripe, they should snap quickly and easily. You don't have to snap every bean, but testing one in every batch is a surefire way to ensure the ones you pick will be delicious!

Older green beans that feel limp and have started to develop a slimy texture are no longer safe to eat. They are too bad to eat if you see any fuzzy mold on them.

Store unwashed fresh bean pods in a plastic bag in the refrigerator crisper. Whole beans stored this way should be kept for about seven days.

Cooked beans last about 3 to 5 days in the fridge.

To store them, let the beans cool down after cooking, then pop them in the refrigerator within an hour.

Getting them stored quickly and chilled in the fridge will help prevent the growth of bacteria.

You can make your green beans in advance and reheat them to eat, or reheat any leftovers by placing them in the oven (on a baking sheet) at 350 until heated. Because they are already cooked, it won't take very long (maybe 5-10 minutes) and can be done on a rack beneath another dish.

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