Meatless Monday Take Away Green Beans
Fresh beans from our garden inspired this recipe for today’s meatless Monday. We had a favorite Chinese restaurant for years and we loved their green beans. They changed owners and we can no longer get them. So It has been an ongoing challenge to try to recreate those yummy take away beans. I hope you like these.
What You need
3 Tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic (minced)
¼ cup fresh ginger ( minced)
tsp crushed red pepper
1 lb fresh green beans ( cleaned and Trimmed)
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp oyster sauce
Large non stick skillet or wok with lid
Lets Make It ! In a large frying pan or wok, heat oil over medium high heat. Stir in the garlic, ginger and crushed red pepper. As the garlic and ginger begin to “sweat” ( softened not browned) add beans, toss well to coat and cover and reduce heat. Let simmer for about 5 to 8 minutes (add a few tablespoons of water if it looks a bit dry) Remove cover, increase heat to high; add soy sauce and oyster sauce and stir for two – five minutes until sauce thickens.
serves 2-4
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Yum! What a delicious way to serve beans. I really should get into Meatless Monday a bit more-great and healthy idea!
Best wishes and happy week,
Natasha.
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i love green beans with black bean sauce — you basically do the same thing you suggested but in addition, add some black bean sauce (sold in a jar in the asian food isle) – yum!
Okay Steph I’m adding black bean sauce to my list. Big Hugs!
Love green beans, even if just steamed with some Maldon salt.
Great way to change it up. Will have to try it out this week.!
Thanks.
papalogic.
I hope you enjoy it. We are big fans of steamed fresh veggies too. I enjoyed my visit to your blog. The post about the mint leaf made me giggle. Hugs
I have always loved this dish when eating out at Chinese restaurants. your recipe looks really good.
thank you Brandi I hope you try it.
Oh, I can hear the CRUNCH now… : ) there is just nothing better than Fresh Green Beans…and Love your recipe…
Hi sweetie, I know we have never liked vegetables that are cooked until limp. Big hugs
Oh I love green beans! Fresh from the garden is extra special!
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Hi Mina, So happy you are back. Big Hugs!!
Looks great! Our Chinese place has changed too… bummer.
Hope you have a wonderful day, Love.
B.
That Girl in Pearls
Don’t you hate it when you find a favorite and then poof, it’s gone! Hugs
I love green beans that have a little red pepper kick!! Looks like a nice recipe.
It’s nice to change things up a bit. Hugs
I love the idea of them and the way they look, but I’m just not a fan of stir fry green beans.
Perhaps I’ll have another recipe you will enjoy next time. Hugs!!
Ive never even made fresh green bean before, but i do like them so i think ill give this simple recipe a shot. Richard
Hello Richard welcome to Katherines Corner. I hope you enjoy it. Hugs
Oh, yummy! Found your site through Makobi Scribe!
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Oh yum! That looks good!!
You’ll love them and so simple too. 🙂
Hope it works as well with frozen beans.
Ummm…well, it’s certainly worth a try. But I bet you could find some nice ones at your local Farmers market too. Hugs!
These are yummy, I make them all the time 🙂
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Thank you for following along. Hugs
These look really good. This is the first year I have gotten enough greenbeans from my garden to serve my whole family!
You should link up to my What’s Cooking Wednesday linky this week!
Diane
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Hi Diane, we decided to grow only bush beans this year they are more plentiful ( and less stringy) than the pole beans. So happy you have plenty this year. Hugs
Love fresh green beans…you may have just sent me on my way to the grocery store!!!
Sweet Pam if only you were closer there would be no need. Just a bowl full from me. Hugs
Seems like an easy dish to prepare! And those green beans look absolutely amazing! You are so lucky to have your own little garden! ~Hugs, M
Thank you, yes very easy and I love our garden but I love the gardener even more, giggle. Hugs!!
Some of my favorite childhood memories revolve around helping my mother harvest vegetables from our garden, including green beans. They were plentiful and I ate a ton of them in my youth, usually served with ham and potatoes. This is a great recipe and I thank you for it, dear friend!
Oh sweet friend I am honored that my green beans sparked such a wonderful memory. Big Hugs!
Sounds good… We have fresh beans from our garden too!! Thanks for the recipe….
Have a Great Day!
Marilyn
You too sweetie
LOL…yup…very easy dish to cook. Does meatless also means no eggs?
Most of the time I would slice the beans thinly to the since of about 1cm or less. Beat and egg. Add some salt and pepper. And fry it together with the beans just like what I did in this post http://www.smallkucing.com/2010/05/bewitched-by-witch-of-portobello.html. Coz tired and sleepy from burning midnight oil from reading books. Brain not working. Cant think of what to cook. That is the easiest dish :p
That sounds wonderful too. No meatless does not mean egg less here at Katherines Corner. Hugs!