Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Spicy Green Beans is a vegan, vegetarian recipe made with green beans, garlic, and ginger. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

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  • Yield: 3
  • Category: Recipes
  • Cuisine: Kitchen notes

Ingredients

  • 1 lb green beans (trimmed and rinsed)
  • 1 tablespoon garlic (minced)
  • 1 tablespoon ginger (minced)
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil [or vegetable oil]
  • 2.5 tablespoon soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon red chili flakes
  • ½ tablespoon white vinegar
  • ⅛ teaspoon white pepper
  • 1.5 teaspoons granulated white sugar [i used vegan white sugar]
  • toasted sesame seeds (to sprinkle)
  • water (to boil the beans)

Method

  1. Bring water to boil in a pan. Once water is hot add the trimmed green beans and let it simmer for around 6 minutes till beans are tender.
  2. Take out the green beans, drain the water and set aside.
  3. In a small bowl mix together soy sauce, white vinegar, white pepper, red chili flakes and sugar. Set aside.
  4. Heat 1 tablespoon of sesame oil in a pan on medium-high heat.
  5. Once hot, add the minced ginger and garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes till the garlic and ginger just start to turn golden brown in color.
  6. Add the green beans to pan and mix. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
  7. Now add the sauce which we had prepared earlier and mix.
  8. Cook the sauce for 2 minutes till it coats all the green beans well. Add some roasted sesame seeds and mix.
  9. Place the green beans on the serving plate and sprinkle some more sesame seeds on top.
  10. Serve spicy green beans with rice of your choice or noodles!

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.