Szechuan Green Beans

By AliceV

A homemade Szechuan sauce is good on anything…or even by itself! You can liven up any vegetable with this sauce and it is a great side or main dish. It covers the sweet & salty and umami to the tenth. I can’t get enough of this sauce. I make it on any veggies I have or even with just plain rice. It is super super delicious.

Ingredients

• 1 lb french green beans, ends trimmed
• 5 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp red wine
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 small onion, minced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 tsp fresh ginger, minced
• 5 tbsp scallions, minced
• 2 tsp red pepper flakes

Preparation

Step 1

Steam green beans for 5-minutes.

Rinse with cold water and drain.

Combine soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, wine, and sugar in a small bowl.

Heat oil in large skillet and stir-fry beans for 1 minute.

Set beans aside on a platter.

Reheat oil and add onion, garlic, ginger, scallions, and red pepper flakes and stir-fry for 30 seconds.

Return beans to skillet and fry for an additional minute.

Add sauce and coat beans well.

Serve immediately.