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Home ยป Chinese Green Beans Recipe

June 1, 2020 By Jenn

Chinese Green Beans Recipe

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: copycat recipes, side dishes

Sweet T is a picky eater but one healthy food she enjoys is green beans, particularly the Chinese Green Beans found at Chinese buffets. Usually, when I try to copycat a restaurant food it takes several tries and tweaks to get things just right, but not this time! 

This Chinese Green Bean Recipe tastes just like what you’ll find at your favorite Chinese restaurant. All of us love our garden fresh green beans prepared this way, and I’ve made this Chinese copycat recipe several times already this season.

chinese green beans restaurant style

If you like a little spice (and I do) you can add red pepper flakes to give your Chinese green beans a little zing. I don’t add them when I’m making them for my daughter obviously, but the grown-ups at our house enjoy the kick.

How to Make Chinese Green Beans

Have you been missing your local Chinese buffet due to all the restaurant restrictions currently in place? Try this Chinese restaurant copycat recipe. All you need is 15-minutes and a few simple ingredients found at your local grocer. There’s no need to make a special trip to the Asian grocery store to make these Chinese green beans.

Ingredients

  • reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • honey
  • water
  • unsalted butter
  • olive oil
  • fresh green beans, trimmed
  • sea salt
  • minced garlic
  • minced onions
  • red pepper flakes (optional)

Directions:

  1. Combine soy sauce, honey, and 1T water in a small dish.
  2. In a medium saute pan, heat the butter with the olive oil over med-high heat.
  3. When the butter is melted, add the green beans and 1/2 tsp salt and toss with tongs to coat well.
    chinese green beans recipe stir fry
  4. Cook, turning the beans occasionally until most are well browned, shrunken, and tender (7-8 mins).
  5. Reduce heat to low.
  6. Add the garlic and cook stirring constantly until the garlic is softened and fragrant (15-20 seconds). You can add the red pepper flakes at this point if desired.
  7. Carefully add the soy sauce mixture and cook stirring constantly until the liquid reduces to a glazed consistency that coats the beans (30-45 seconds).
  8. Immediately transfer the beans to a serving dish.
  9. Don’t forget to scrape out the sauce to include!
  10. Let sit for a few minutes and serve warm.

Chinese green beans

Serve your Chinese-style green beans with Chinese restaurant fried rice for a complete take-out meal at home.

Yield: 4

Chinese Green Beans

chinese green beans restaurant style

Enjoy Chinese restaurant-style Chinese green beans at home with this delicious copycat recipe.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1T reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • 1T honey
  • 1T water
  • 1T unsalted butter
  • 2T olive oil
  • 12 oz. fresh green beans, trimmed
  • 1/2t sea salt to taste
  • 1T minced garlic
  • 1T minced onion
  • Red pepper flakes (optional)

Instructions

  1. Combine soy sauce, honey, and 1T water in a small dish.
  2. In a medium saute pan, heat the butter with the olive oil over med-high heat.
  3. When the butter is melted, add the green beans and, 1/2 tsp salt, and minced onions and toss with tongs to coat well.
  4. Cook, turning the beans occasionally until most are well browned, shrunken, and tender (7-8 mins).
  5. Reduce heat to low.
  6. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes (if desired) and cook stirring constantly until the garlic is softened and fragrant (15-20 seconds).
  7. Carefully add the soy sauce mixture and cook stirring constantly until the liquid reduces to a glazed consistency that coats the beans (30-45 seconds).
  8. Immediately transfer the beans to a serving dish.
  9. Don't forget to scrape out the sauce to include!
  10. Let sit for a few minutes and serve warm.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 131Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 209mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 2gSugar: 7gProtein: 2g
© Jenn
Cuisine: Side Dish / Category: Recipes
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