When you think of green beans, what comes to mind?
I think of mushy, grayish canned food that triggers old memories of grade school lunch. They were never a favorite of mine growing up, but my evolved palate (humor me) has me craving and wanting these delicious long beans. Imagine my joy when I went to the Farmer’s Market and saw that they were on sale for $1 a bag! I grabbed two along with other deals they had and went home a happy girl.
The hard decision was if I should prepare them with a fresh touch (lemon and garlic) or more hearty and flavorful. I drew inspiration from Mission Chinese. As a group, we really loved the flavor the jalapeño brought to the dish so I thought it would be a nice add-on for this week’s recipe.
1. Wash the green beans well and pinch/cut off both sides of the ends. Chop them in half so they are all equally about 2-3 inches long.
2. Cut the jalapeño in half and into very thin slivers. Dice the garlic and crush the peanuts either by hand or with a food processor/blender.
3. Mix the soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar and 1/2 tsp of sugar in a small bowl.
4. Heat up the pan on high and pour in the peanut oil. Let it get hot and drop the garlic and green beans in immediately. Pour the 1/4 cup of water and cover for 2-3 minutes.
5. Stir the green beans frequently and then pour in the sauce you prepared earlier. Taste them periodically, they should still be crisp but a little soft on the inside. Salt and pepper to taste.
6. While the green beans are cooking, toast up the crushed peanuts on medium low until thy are nice and toasty.
You can put the green beans in a pasta or eat it with Mapo Tofu. I chose to grill a piece of chicken and marinade it with similar flavors as the green beans.
So delicious and the jalapeño adds a great kick to a dish that’s normally more toned down.
To keep you bloggers on your toes, I want to show you what I had for desert. I know each and every one of you are obsessed with Froyo and I find myself craving it more and more.
What flavors do you usually get? Tart froyo is my favorite but I was tempted to try the Mango Lassi. Unfortunately, once I love something I have to keep ordering it.
Raspberry tart with crushed peanuts, graham crackers, oreos, raspberries and strawberries. So bomb.
What’s your favorite summer veggie? Frozen yogurt or old fashion ice cream?
PS: I know being fashionably late is acceptable, but I pretty much arrived at the end of the party. I just joined Twitter! Follow me so I can read everyone’s stuff!
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Ohhh it’s hard to pick a favorite vegetable, haha. I’m definitely going to be sad when this produce season ends! I feel like all the good stuff is at the farmers market right now!
I like anything I can make into chips 🙂 zucchini, kale, beets, and the like.
I’m doing this. I love green beans, but never venture further than the olive oil-salt-pepper combo.
These green beans look delicious! I’ve never thought to jalapeno in with them. I’ll have to try it out soon!
I think I would have ordered the cake batter flavor, or at least I would have tried a sample! My favorite is cookies and cream and mint with chopped almonds.
Welcome to twitter lady! Say goodbye to productivity! I LOVE this recipe. Anything spicy has my heart <3 Consider it pinned!
Those green beans look awesome! i’m always buying them and never getting creative, so this is some inspiration for me.
So jealous of your froyo. The first froyo place in my area is opening in a couple of months, I’m preparing my tastebuds already.
This sounds SO good! I cannot wait to try it!! Green beans are one of my favorite vegetables right now.
green beans are awesome! Love your easy recipe. I usually make them with indian spices and potatoes. The beans bring a nice sweetness to it.
I’m trying so hard to kick the fro-yo habit! I overdid it this summer thanks to a 2 year old!
My absolutely favorite at our current fro-yo place is salted caramel and pistachio flavors. I dont get any of the tart ones – I’m a creamy fro yo person.
A friend of mine has a rule – no froyo after labor day – I’m trying to adopt that rule too! lets see if I can do it.
I love green beans! Canned are just gross but fresh green beans are so delicious. I’ve never seen them made like this either but they look yummy!
I am so jealous of your froyo! That place looks awesome and I love that it’s all organic.
Looks yummy. I hate canned beans. Id much rather buy frozen. This looks so good, love the Asian twist.
Yum, that green bean recipe would be the perfect vehicle for a piece of simply grilled protein! Anything with jalepenos is always a plus in my book- I once went through half a jar over 2 days..added it to anything and everything!
Those green beans look like perfection! I’m a big fan of green beans (definitely not the kind you referred to from a can!!) and I can’t really cook them properly lately. I seared them once and they burnt. I baked them once and they were floppy and weird. Ha! My favorite summer veggie (year round veggie for me) is lettuce. I don’t care about anything other than salads. 🙂 YES everyone loves fro yo in the blog world and it is totally addicting… 🙂 Be careful!
Oh how I LOVE fro yo! My mouth is watering just looking at your photos!
I love the idea of spicing up green beans! Good move.
I love your combination of peanuts with these beans!
Those green beans look like the bomb! I like the kick of jalapeno idea. And I’m also a fro-yo fan, although more two years ago. Still, I do love getting Fraiche and Pinkberry but I usually end up favoring the original tart flavor. But where’s this Easy Breezy? Looks so cute. And I really want to try the mango lassi!
My friend actually Instagramed their pumpkin flavor and it looks amazing! I definitely have to make my way over.