Dry Fried Green Beans Recipes

FRIED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oil to 375 degrees F.
• Whisk the beer, flour, salt and pepper until smooth.
• Dip green beans into batter to coat, letting excess drip off. Fry in the peanut oil in batches, until they are golden and crisp. Remove from oil with a spider strainer to a paper towel lined sheet tray. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

DRY-FRIED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet, preferably cast-iron, over high heat. Swirl in oil; add beans and saute, stirring frequently, until crisp-tender and blistered in places, 8 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and stir in peas and garlic. Saute just until garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute. Remove from heat, season with salt and pepper, and serve.

FRIED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil, butter and lemon juice in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the green beans, lemon zest, garlic salt and pepper. Cook and stir for about 10 minutes, or until beans are tender, but still a little crunchy.

DRY-FRIED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Wash green beans and dry thoroughly. Snap off stems.
• Heat oil in large skillet or wok over medium high heat until almost at the smoking point.
• Add the dry beans to the hot oil and stir-fry until the beans start to get some dark brown spots.
• Add the walnuts and continue to stir-fry to cook all sides of the beans and toast the nuts.
• Sprinkle on the chili flakes and toss to distribute evenly.
• Remove from heat, salt and pepper to taste.

CHINESE "DRY-FRIED" GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Preparing the ingredients: Wash the green beans, drain thoroughly, and trim the tops and bottoms. Cut the green beans on the diagonal into slices approximately 2 inches long. Chop the garlic, ginger and scallions. Dry-Frying: Heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add the green beans and stir-fry until they start to shrivel or "pucker" and turn brown (6 to 7 minutes for longbeans). Remove the green beans from the wok and drain in a colander. Cooking the aromatics: Heat 1 tablespoon oil in the wok on high heat. Add the garlic, ginger and scallions. Stir-fry for a few seconds, then add the chili paste and stir-fry for a few more seconds until aromatic. Assembling: Add the green beans and the dark soy sauce, sugar, salt, and pepper if using. Stir everything together, and taste and adjust the seasoning if desired. Serve hot.

DRY-FRIED GREEN BEANS WITH LAMB

Steps:

• Trim the ends off the green beans and cut them in two, if large.
• Mix the ground lamb with the cornstarch, soy sauce, sake, sugar, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon peanut oil.
• Heat a wok or large skillet very hot, add 2 tablespoons peanut oil and stir-fry the beans for 3 or 4 minutes, or until they are dotted with browned spots. Add the bean sauce and stock, stir-fry for 1 minute, remove the mixture from the wok and reserve.
• Heat the wok very hot again, add the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil and the lamb and stir-fry until it begins to brown lightly (1 to 2 minutes). Add the chili paste and stir-fry 30 seconds. Return the bean mixture to the wok and stir-fry 1 minute, or until the free juices have evaporated. Sprinkle lightly with sesame oil, mix well and serve over rice.