Green beans or long beans are an attractive ingredient for many dishes and are loved by many people for their crispy and appealing taste. Green beans can be boiled, stir-fried, grilled… depending on your preference, and stir-frying can be turned into many different flavors. Green beans can be stir-fried without garlic, or they can be stir-fried with many other ingredients as long as you like.
However, when stir-frying green beans, most people wonder why their beans are not green, crispy, and even turn yellow and soft, making the dish less attractive. Chefs point out that when stir-frying, people often put the beans directly into the oil, which makes the beans cooked on the outside but still raw on the inside, and when the inside is cooked, the outside starts to soften and turn yellow.
Therefore, chefs have a small tip for stir-frying green beans that makes your dish crispy, green, and much more appealing. Here is the specific method:
Ingredients:
– 500g green beans, 5g minced garlic, 2g white sugar, 15ml lard, salt to taste.
Instructions:
First, remove the stringy fibers from the beans and break them into pieces about 4cm in size. Put the beans in a bowl, add water with a pinch of salt and soak for about 40 minutes. After 10 minutes, rinse the beans under running water and drain.
Add 3g of salt to the beans and mix well, marinate for 30 minutes. After the time is up, pour out the saltwater and set aside. The texture of the beans is usually hard, with an additional layer of film on the surface, salt helps to destroy this film layer and make the texture of the beans softer, so when cooked, they will be more fragrant and delicious.
Add enough water to a pot, bring the water to a boil at a high temperature, then add the beans. After boiling the beans for 40 seconds, quickly remove them from the boiling water, then rinse them with cold water for 10 seconds to prepare for stir-frying. Blanching the beans helps them stay greener and keeps their beautiful color. After blanching, rinsing with cold water makes the beans more crispy.
So, remember, before stir-frying the beans, add an extra step of marinating with salt and blanching to keep the beans green and crispy.
Heat the pan, add a little lard, when the lard is hot up to 70%, add minced garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the beans and stir-fry for 30 seconds on high heat. Season with salt to taste, then stir for another minute until the beans are cooked, then turn off the heat.
Wishing you success!
Source: Thoidaiplus
