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Spicy Green Bean Appetizer Recipe

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Spicy green bean appetizer recipe

… also known as Szechuan green beans or Korean-style green beans or the-best-green-beans-you’ll-ever-eat.

Hello there! It’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend, and I’m planning on going out to a German bar tomorrow night with some friends.

And this green bean recipe is the closest thing to a St. Patty’s Day recipe I’m going to get.

Sorry guys. I have a hard time with planning ahead. I’m not a St. Patrick’s Day scrooge. Just a bad planner. Go enjoy a glass of green beer, and I’ll start working on the most amazing St. Patrick’s Day recipe ever created – for 2014!

About the Recipe

I’ve seen variations of this appetizer recipe on many menus. They’re usually called Szechuan green beans or something of the sort, but I ended up using an amazing Korean barbecue sauce (Annie Chun’s Gochujan sauce) to flavor this dish. So the variation I made wasn’t really Chinese-style. In any case, go get yourself a bottle of this insane sauce immediately. I found a bottle at Whole Foods for about $3.50.

The Cost

  • Green beans (1 pound) = $2.29
  • Garlic (4 cloves) = $.15
  • Red Fresno peppers (2) = $.19
  • Sauce (3 tablespoons) = $.52
  • Rice vinegar (1 tablespoon) = $.13
  • Other ingredients (oil and red pepper flakes) = $.10

Total cost for entire recipe: $3.38

(These would be even cheaper if green beans had been in season. Note to self: Revisit this recipe in the summer!)

Spicy green bean appetizer recipe

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Spicy Green Bean Appetizer Recipe

Cook Time: 5 to 7 minutes

Alternatively, this recipe can be made in a wok.

Ingredients:

1 pound green beans
3 garlic gloves, finely chopped
1 or 2 red Fresno peppers, finely chopped
2 tablespoons cooking oil

For sauce:
3 tablespoons hoisin sauce or Korean barbecue sauce (I used Annie Chun's Gochujan sauce)
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
Pinch of crushed red pepper

Directions:

Rinse green beans and remove ends. Chop into small, 2-inch pieces. Pat dry with a paper towel. Set aside.
Mix all sauce ingrededients together and set aside.
To make green beans, heat oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Once oil is very hot - after about one minute - add green beans. Stir occasionally until beans begin to blacken in spots. Add chopped garlic and peppers about a minute before beans are done.
Turn heat off and pour in sauce. Stir to evenly coat. Serve hot.


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