# Addictive Green Beans

These addictive green beans are perfectly blistered, glossy, salty-sweet, and have a unique flavor from a special sauce.

- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- bowl of ice water
- pot
- zhuzher
- biggest frying pan
- zester
- wide skillet
- wok

## 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.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTQ26fwkj_F/?igsh=MTFhaHA2dm00ZnJwNw==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/e9068e5e-aafd-449c-8182-bc6f7651efa3
- Extracted: 2026-01-10

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