"Mad Hungry" author
Lucinda Scala Quinn shares this recipe for ginger garlic green beans with us, which makes a wonderful side dish as an accompaniment to chicken or turkey, perfect for an everyday dinner or easy entertaining. Check out our whole interview with Lucinda%uFFFD here.
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From Lucinda:
One of my
sons called looking for a green bean recipe that could accompany the Vietnamese
lemongrass chicken that he was making from a cookbook. I rattled off a few
ideas, and this recipe for Ginger Garlic Glazed Green Beans is what he created.
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons
peanut or vegetable oil
1/2 inch of
fresh ginger, peeled and grated
3 garlic
cloves, half sliced and half minced
1 pound
green beans, rinsed and stemmed, with water still clinging to them
1
tablespoon soy sauce
4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
For green beans:
1. Heat a
large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the oil, ginger, and minced garlic and
sauté for 30 seconds. Raise the heat to medium-high, add the beans and sliced
garlic, and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
2. Add 1/4 cup water to the pan. Cook for another 4 minutes, partially covered.
With 1 minute left, add the soy sauce and sesame oil and swirl around the pan
to
form a glazy sauce.
Recipes and photo excerpted from%uFFFDMAD HUNGRY by LUCINDA SCALA QUINN
(Artisan Books). Copyright 2009. Mikkel
Vang photographer.
