Serves 1
Directions
- 1Boil fresh green beans in water for about 7 to 8 minutes until they are bright green, slightly crunchy, and soft to the bite.
- 2Immediately transfer the boiled green beans into ice water to stop the cooking process and let them cool down.
- 3Peel garlic cloves, add a little avocado oil, and zhuzh until it has a watery texture with visible garlic pieces.
- 4Heat your biggest frying pan or wide skillet over high heat and add oil to coat the bottom.
- 5Once the oil is shimmering, add the green beans in a single layer and let them sit undisturbed for 1 to 2 minutes until blistered.
- 6Toss the green beans and repeat the blistering process once more.
- 7Add the prepared garlic directly to the pan with the green beans and cook and toss for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
- 8Remove the green beans and garlic to a serving bowl.
- 9In the same dirty pan, add sesame oil, soy sauce, and coconut sugar (or regular sugar/maple syrup).
- 10Mix the sauce just until the sugar melts and it becomes glossy.
- 11Pour the sauce over the green beans.
- 12Zest two full lemons and add the zest to the green beans.
- 13Juice the two lemons and add the lemon juice to the green beans.
- 14Generously salt to taste and mix all ingredients together.
- 15Serve immediately.
Ingredients
- 1 Lbs fresh green beans trimmed
- 2 tbsp. avocado oil
- 8 garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp. Sesame oil
- 0.25 cup soy sauce or tamari
- 2 tbsp sugar or honey
- 2 small lemons zested and juiced
- Salt
- sesame seeds
- chili flakes
Equipment
bowl of ice waterpotzhuzherbiggest frying panzesterwide skilletwok
Tips
- Prep a bowl of ice water and boil water at the same time.
- Get a little char on the bottom of the green beans.
- Make the sauce in the same dirty pan.
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