Chinese Garlic Green Beans - Din Tai Fung Style!
Ingredients
- 3 Cups Fresh Green Beans (~1lb) (or Chinese Long Beans)
- 6-7 Garlic Cloves
- 2 Big Pinches Salt
Instructions
Prep Green Beans
- Wash 3 cups of Fresh Green Beans. Pat them down dry COMPLETELY with a few paper towels (we want no moisture on them as we'll fry!)
- Grab a handful of the beans - line them up in the same direction. Use a knife and trim off the stems. Then cut the beans once more in half. Repeat for all the beans.
- Finely mince 6-7 cloves of garlic (go over the garlic pieces to get them into small pieces!)
Flash-Fry Green Beans
- Pour some neutral oil (vegetable oil) into a wok or pot. Just enough to submerge the beans.
- Once the oil is hot, carefully add in a handful of the green beans. Fry them for 45-60 seconds (or until the skins of the green beans start to blister). Take them out immediately and place onto a paper-towel lined plate. Fry all of the green beans.
- After frying, pour the leftover oil into another pot or container.
Make Garlic Green Beans.
- There will be some residual oil left in your wok or pot.
- Place it on a medium heat and add-in the finely minced garlic. (Feel free to add in a few dashes more of the leftover oil to help the garlic sauté.)
- Once the garlic pieces start to change color, turn off the heat. Add in the flash-fried green beans.
- Season with a 2 big pinches of salt. Taste and add more if needed.
- Stir-fry for a final 10-15 seconds.
- Plate and enjoy!!