Oriental Green Beans Recipe
This recipe for oriental green beans is a crowd-pleaser that I often served to guests to add some life to fresh green beans. The combination of garlic and soy really adds dimension to plain green beans.
On our hobby farm we get more green beans than any other crop. One green bean plant produces so many beans, and if you continue to pick them, they continue to grow more beans.
Green beans are also really easy to preserve, for more about that head over to Farm to Fork Green Beans, but the point is we eat alot of green beans. I can’t remember the last time we didn’t have green beans in our freezer.
For me, it’s an easy side dish that checks the vegetable box for me to serve, so I often get lazy and just quickly steam them and put them on the buffet. When I have a bit more time, or I’m pairing with other Asian food, I often turn to this green bean recipe.
How to Make Oriental Green Beans
Start by bringing 1 1/2 pounds of fresh beans to a rapid boil and cook them until just tender. This may take about 4-5 minutes.
While green beans are cooking, in a small bowl combine 3 tablespoons of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of oil, and 1 teaspoon of sugar.
Drain beans and set aside then put a little olive oil in a wok and place it over medium-high heat. Mince 6 cloves of garlic and add it to the wok, then cook until softened for about 20-30 seconds.
Next, add green beans to the wok and stir and constantly until well-coated for about 2 mins. Add soy sauce mixture and continue to stir until most of the liquid is absorbed.
Oriental Green Beans Printable Recipe
Oriental Green Beans
My kids call these "company beans" because I usually serve plain steamed green beans at dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs green beans, trimmed
- 3 Tbls soy sauce
- 1 Tbls sesame oil
- 1 tsp sugar
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- olive oil or cooking spray
Instructions
- In a large pot of rapidly boiling water, cook green beans until just tender, 4-5 mins.
- While green beans are cooking, in a small bowl combine soy sauce, oil and sugar, set aside.
- Drain beans, set aside.
- Put a little olive oil or cooking spray in wok, place over medium-high heat. Add garlic; cook, stirring constantly, until softened, 20-30 seconds. Add green beans; cook, stirring and turning constantly, until well coated, about 2 mins.
- Add soy sauce mixture; continue to stir and turn until most of the liquid is absorbed, 1-2 minutes.
My kids call these “company beans” because I often serve the family plain old steamed green beans. I hope you enjoy our family’s fancy beans. 
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Starting Green Beans in a Backyard Garden
To learn more about how we start our green beans in our backyard garden head to the Farm to Fork Green Beans Page. If you’re just getting started with gardening check out Gardening 101.
