These Chinese garlic green beans are a must! No special sauces are required and it is so simple to make – using garlic and salt. Inspired by Din Tai Fung green beans, you will definitely want to recreate this restaurant dish at home!
Ingredient List
Yes, you read this right! Only 4 ingredients.
- Green Beans: I bought French beans from my local grocery store. You can use Chinese long beans as well for this recipe.
- Oil: Any neutral oil like canola oil is a great choice.
- Garlic: Be careful when cooking the garlic. It can turn golden very quickly in hot oil and it also continues to cook in residual heat. Stirring constantly cooks the garlic evenly.
- Salt: Catered to your taste.
How to Make Chinese Garlic Green Beans
Wash and dry green beans. Cut off the stem portion of the green beans. You can also cut off the other end for a cleaner look but I leave as is.
Mince the garlic cloves. I like mine with a lot of garlic. I cut up 10 cloves for 1.5 lbs of beans.
Cook the beans. There are several options here. For a healthier version, boil the green beans or saute them. To recreate the restaurant version, the dry, flash-frying method is the best! Dry frying means that you don’t coat it with any kind of batter. You fry the beans, as is.
You know your oil is ready when the oil starts to bubble as soon as you insert a chopstick.
Make sure your green beans are dry before frying them. Fry for 45-60 seconds until the skin blisters. It can become mushy if it is in the oil for too long.
Drain to paper towel. You might have to do the green beans in batches. I have a big family to feed so I’m frying a lot!
Saute the garlic. Toss in green beans and add salt.
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Chinese Garlic Green Beans
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs green beans trimmed, washed and dried
- 10 cloves garlic minced
- salt to taste, about 3 pinches
- oil for frying
Instructions
- Wash and dry green beans. Line up beans in the same direction and trim off the stems.
- Finely mince the garlic. Set aside.
- Add enough oil to a pot just enough to submerge the beans. Once the oil is hot, fry green beans in batches for 45-60 seconds or until the skin starts to blister. Remove and drain on paper towel lined plate.
- On medium heat, add in minced garlic with some oil. Turn off heat once the garlic starts to change colour. Add in flash fried green beans. Season with salt. I use about 3 large pinches of salt. Taste and add more if needed. Toss altogether. Plate and enjoy!
Needless to say, this is one of my wife’s favorite vegetable recipes that I often use to amaze her. LoL.
I’m so glad your wife likes this!