Easy 5-minute garlic beans

At a glance

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2-3 teaspoons minced garlic or 2-3 cloves garlic
• 500g frozen green beans (or fresh if available) *
• 2 tablespoons oil*
• Pepper, to taste
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice (optional)

Steps

1. If using fresh garlic, remove the outer skin and chop cloves into very small pieces.
2. Transfer frozen green beans to a colander and rinse under water to remove any ice.
3. Heat the oil in a medium frying pan. Once the oil is hot and starts to sizzle, add the green beans, garlic (fresh or minced) and pepper. Cook for 4 minutes, stirring regularly with a wooden spoon to prevent the garlic from burning.
4. Add the lemon juice to the beans and cook for a further 1 minute, until the beans are soft but still bright green.
5. Remove the green beans from the pan and transfer to a serving dish. Option to sprinkle with pepper.

*Tips

• You can use any of these cooking oils: olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil, vegetable oil.
• Option to use fresh beans instead of frozen. If using fresh beans, trim the ends of your string beans to avoid eating the green fibrous string. You will need to cook in the frying pan for a little longer (around 8-10 minutes).
• To add some spice, add a sprinkle of chilli flakes.
• Option to add a sprinkle of sesame seeds while cooking or to serve.

Watch how to make it

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