Green Beans DTF style

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Green Beans DTF Style


Ingredients:

Green beans, washed and trimmed
6 cloves of garlic, minced
1/2 tsp-1 tsp salt (salt to taste)


1. Cut and trim green beans.

2. *** Blanch the beans
Fill a large bowl with ice and water. In a wok, bring water to a boil and add green beans. Cook for 30 seconds and remove. Immediately place in ice bath to stop cooking process.
This quick blanch preserves the color of the beans. If you don't care about the look, you can skip this step.

3. Remove water from wok. Add shallow amount of oil to the wok. Add green beans and fry for 1-2 minutes, or until skin just starts to crinkle. Don't overfry or the beans can lose their crispness!

4. Remove green beans. Place beans onto plate lined with paper towels to soak up excess oil.

5. Drain all but 1 tbsp of oil out of the wok. Place wok back on stove.

6. Add garlic to wok and cook on high heat until aroma of garlic comes out and it begins to brown. Add green beans back in and stir fry with garlic. Season with salt.

7. Cook until beans are cooked to desired doneness and have incorporated garlic flavor (about 1-2 minutes).


 

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