Stir-Fry Green Beans and Carrot with Garlic

Stir-fry green beans and carrot with garlic (蒜炒四季豆萝卜) is a delicious yet simple dish to serve and it only takes 15 minutes to prepare. This green bean recipe is perfect as a side dish and it is healthy too. Green bean, also known as spring bean is one of my favourite vegetables. Green beans are always available at wet markets or supermarkets throughout the year in Malaysia. The garlic green beans and carrot recipe calls for just a few ingredients: green beans, carrots and minced garlic. Carrot is added to this recipe for its nutritional benefits and beautiful colour to brighten up the dish. I am going to introduce a Chinese cooking technique in this green beans recipe. I will do a quick stir-fry for the green beans to ensure the crispiness of the texture and to maintain the vibrant green colour. Another way to cook green beans is “dry-fried”, the green beans will become wrinklier and slightly brownish in colour if we “dry-fried” the green beans. Both methods are great and delicious ways to cook fresh green beans.

Recipe Ingredients

The recipe calls for:

Main Ingredients

• 200 gram Green Beans
• 2 cloves of Garlic (thin slices)
• 1 small size Carrot

Seasoning

• 1 tbsp Cooking Oil
• 1 tbsp Oyster Sauce
• 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/2 tsp Sugar

How to Cook Stir-fry Green Beans with Garlic?

1. Pour 1 tbsp cooking oil into the medium heated wok or pan. Add garlic, stir-fry it until fragrant.

2. Add green beans and carrots. Stir-fry for 30 seconds.

3. Add in 2 tbsp. water

4. Add in oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt, and sugar.

5. Stir-fry for 1 minute.

6. Done and serve immediately.

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