Stir-Fried Garlic Green Beans (4 Ingredients ONLY!)

All you need is FOUR ingredients to make this Chinese Restaurant-Style Stir-Fried Garlic Green Beans at home. This is one of my favorite sides that goes amazing with everything, because it’s so easy, quick, and incredibly delicious. The best part? It takes less than 15 minutes to make, and all you need is garlic, green beans or string beans, oil and salt!

Chinese Garlic Green Beans

• Restaurant Quality Stir-Fried Garlic Green Beans
• Garlic Green Beans Ingredients 
  • Pro Technique For Perfect Green Beans
  • Extras and Seasoning For Green Beans
• How To Make Garlic Green Bean
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Restaurant Quality Stir-Fried Garlic Green Beans

Stir-Fried Garlic Green Beans is one of the simplest, but most delicious dish you can find on most Chinese restaurants menu. It’s a classic Chinese dish! In fact, you can find this dish everywhere from Din Tai Fung to Chinese takeout restaurants, and now, in your own kitchen! It’s such a simple dish, it takes only 15 minutes. If you ever wonder how Chinese Restaurant Stir-Fried Garlic Green Beans is crispy on the outside and crunchy on the inside, I have the insider trick straight from the takeout restaurant kitchen!

Garlic Green Beans Ingredients 

Pro Technique For Perfect Green Beans

Many vegetable stir-fry dishes in Chinese restaurants are deep-fried very rapidly to cook the vegetable while keeping its freshness. This technique is known as “guo you 過油”, which translates to “passing through oil”. It is done quickly, so the oil cooks the vegetable quickly, but doesn’t seep in and sog up the vegetable. Then, it’s sautéed.

I recommend using either a small shallow pot or narrow bottom wok, so you use less oil. Usually, I use only ¼ – ½ cup of oil. I recommend frying the green bean in batches around 30 seconds to 1 minute on each side. Let them rest on a paper towel to prevent the green beans from becoming soggy. I leave the oil to cool, and strain it to reuse next time.

Extras and Seasoning For Green Beans

The best part about these green beans is that there are many ways to spice up the whole dish. You can stick with just garlic and salt. Or, you can add red chili flakes or spicy douban sauce (Chinese fermented bean paste) to give it a kick.

And if you like to add in protein, grounded pork and chicken are great options. Season the ground meat with soy sauce and a pinch of sugar before adding in the green beans. 

How To Make Garlic Green Bean

1. Cut off the ends of the green bean. You can also use your hand to snap off the tough ends, but if you are in a rush, you can cut, and it will have a similar texture. 
2. In a pot, add in oil (around ½ cup) and turn the heat to medium-high. Once the oil is hot, add in the green beans and fry for 1 minute on each side. 
3. Fry in batches to prevent overcrowding. Rest on a paper towel after frying. 
4. In a pan, add in 1 tbsp of oil, and turn the heat to medium-high. Add in garlic and saute together for 1 minute.
5. Add in the green bean, season with salt, and statue on high what for 1 minute. 

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Stir-Fried Garlic Green Beans

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All you need is FOUR ingredients to make this Chinese Restaurant-Style Stir-Fried Garlic Green Beans at home. This is one of my favorite sides that goes amazing with everything, because it’s so easy, quick, and incredibly delicious. The best part? It takes less than 15 minutes to make, and all you need is garlic, green beans or string beans, oil and salt!

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Prep Time:5 minutes mins

Cook Time:10 minutes mins

Total Time:15 minutes mins

Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, Asian, Chinese, Taiwanese

Diet: Low Calorie, Vegan, Vegetarian

Keyword: 10 Minute Recipe, Asian Food, Asian Noodles, Asian Recipes, Deep Fried, gluten free, QUICK RECIPES, Side Dish, snack, VEGETARIAN, Vegetarian Recipes

Servings: 3 People

Calories: 389kcal

Ingredients

• 1 lb Green Beans or String Beans
• 8-10 cloves Garlic minced
• ½ tsp Salt
• 1/2 cup Oil

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Instructions

• Cut off the ends of the green bean. You can also use your hand to snap off the tough ends, but if you are in a rush, you can cut, and it will have a similar texture.
• In a pot, add in oil (around ½ cup) and turn the heat to medium-high. Once the oil is hot, add in the green beans and fry for 1 minute on each side.
  
• Fry in batches to prevent overcrowding. Rest on a paper towel after frying.

  Pro Tip: I leave the oil to cool, and strain it to reuse next time.
  
• In a pan, add in 1 tbsp of oil, and turn the heat to medium-high. Add in garlic and saute together for 1 minute.
• Add in the green bean, season with salt, and statue on high what for 1 minute.
  

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Notes

There are many ways to spice up Stir-Fried Garlic Style Green Beans. You can add red chili flakes or spicy douban sauce (Chinese fermented bean paste) to add a kick. 

If you like to add in protein, grounded pork and chicken are great options. Season the grounded meat with soy sauce and a pinch of sugar before adding in the green beans.

I leave the oil to cool, and strain it to reuse next time.

Nutrition

Calories: 389kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 3gFat: 38gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 11gMonounsaturated Fat: 24gTrans Fat: 0.1gSodium: 398mgPotassium: 351mgFiber: 4gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 1045IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 71mgIron: 2mg