Quick Stir Fried Green Beans Recipe

Stir fried green beans and chopsticks on a gray plate, sitting on a purple napkin.

4.78 from 35 votes

Quick Stir Fried Green Beans Recipe

This quick stir fried green beans recipe is one of the easiest and most flavorful side dishes! So much flavor with just a few ingredients.

Prep Time10

Cook Time4

Total Time14

Course: Side Dishes

Cuisine: Chinese

Keyword: Gluten Free

Servings: Servings

Calories: 75.8kcal

Author: Dara Michalski | Cookin' Canuck

Ingredients

1 ½ tablespoons soy sauce or tamari for gluten free
1 ½ teaspoons chili garlic sauce
2 teaspoons avocado oil or canola or grapeseed oil
2 tablespoons minced ginger
1 pounds green beans trimmed & cut into 1 ½-inch pieces
1 teaspoons sesame oil
3 garlic cloves minced

Instructions

In a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce (or tamari) and chili garlic sauce. Set aside.
Heat a nonstick wok or large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until very hot. Add the avocado oil and heat briefly.
Add the ginger and greens beans, and stir to coat the green beans with oil.
Spread out the green beans in the pan and allow to cook for about 3 minutes, stirring every 45 seconds, until slightly blackened and just tender when pierced with a fork.
Stir in the sesame oil and garlic. Cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute.
Pour in the soy sauce mixture and stir until combined. Serve immediately.

Notes

Weight Watchers Points: 1 (Blue - Freestyle SmartPoints), 1 (Green), 1 (Purple)

Please note that I am not a medical or nutritional professional. I provide nutritional information for my recipes as a courtesy to my readers. It is calculated using the Sparks nutrition calculator and Weight Watchers points are calculated using the Recipe Builder on their site. While I attempt to provide information that is as accurate as possible, you should calculate the nutritional information independently before relying on it.

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