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Garlic Sesame Green Beans

East Asian · 15 min · Easy · 4 servings

Garlic Sesame Green Beans

Green beans blistered in a hot pan until they wrinkle and char in places, then tossed with garlic, soy and sesame. Ten minutes, one pan, and they disappear.

~110 cal per serving — Calories are approximate, per serving — a guide only.

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Method

  1. 1

    Blister the beans

    ⏱ 7 min

    Heat the vegetable oil in a large frying pan or wok over high heat until it shimmers. Add the beans in a single layer and leave them without stirring until they blister and char in patches, then toss and repeat.

  2. 2

    Steam briefly

    ⏱ 3 min

    Add a splash of water and cover immediately — it will steam furiously. Cook until the beans are just tender with a squeak left in them, then uncover and let any remaining water boil away.

  3. 3

    Add the garlic

    ⏱ 45 sec

    Turn the heat to medium, push the beans aside and add the sesame oil and sliced garlic. Stir for under a minute — garlic burns fast at this heat and turns bitter.

  4. 4

    Finish

    Pour in the soy sauce, toss everything together, then take off the heat and scatter with the sesame seeds and chili flakes. Taste before adding salt; the soy may be enough.

Notes

A properly hot pan and a single layer are the whole technique — crowd the beans and they steam gray instead of blistering. Cook in two batches if your pan is small.

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