Recipe - Chinese-Style Green Beans

1 pound Green beans; ends trimmed
2 tablespoon EACH soy sauce and water
1 teaspoon EACH cornstarch and brown
sugar
1 teaspoon Dark Oriental sesame oil
One fourth teaspoon Crushed red pepper
2 teaspoon Vegetable oil
1 teaspoon EACH minced garlic and
gingerroot

Source: Better Homes & Gardens magazine Prep. time: 10 minutes Cook time:
15 minutes

Place beans in a vegetable steamer in a large pot over boiling water. Cover
tightly and steam 10 minutes. Cool under cold running water. Drain.

While beans are steaming, mix soy sauce, water, cornstarch, sugar, sesame
oil and crushed red pepper in a small bowl until the cornstarch is well
blended.

Heat vegetable oil in a large Dutch Oven, pot or wok over mediumhigh heat.
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Add beans and stirfry 3 minutes, or until beans are very hot and start to
char in spots. Add garlic and gingerroot. Continue stirfrying 2 minutes.

Pour in soy sauce mixture. Toss beans constantly until beans are evenly
coated and glazed. 13 minutes.

Per serving: 37 cal, l g protien, 5 g carbohydrates, 2 g fat, 0 mg chol.,
261 mg sodium. Exchanges: 1 veg, One fourth fat

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by "Norma Leweck"
nleweck@mnsinc.com on Dec 27, 1997