Thai Sweet Chili Green Beans
Thai Sweet Chili Green Beans will rock your vegetable world! You’ll love this quick and easy way to enjoy green beans that’s a little spicy and a whole lot delicious! Serve with my Thai Basil Beef for an over-the-top flavorful Thai dinner!
The inspiration behind this recipe:
These gorgeous green beans were lovingly grown by my husband, David.
Before I became a personal chef and began adding other food-related jobs to my life such as writing a newspaper column and now food blogging, I used to be more involved in the hard work it takes to grow a garden.
Now my involvement is pretty much limited to creating and cooking with the ultra-fresh produce he brings in the back door. Rough….I know….but someone’s gotta do it.
It’s not easy growing a garden in the South without a massive amount of chemicals because of all the insects. I like my food as clean as possible, thank you!
However, green beans are one vegetable that grows well here and we always have a bumper crop. Therefore, I’m always looking for new ways to prepare green beans.
Here is one of my favorite ways to enjoy them now–Thai Sweet Chili Green Beans. This recipe is quick and makes a nice accompaniment to Thai-inspired dishes when you want to do something different besides rice or noodles. This preparation will keep them nice and crisp but if you like your green beans a little softer, just cook them a little longer.
Tips for trimming green beans:
I’ve tried numerous ways to speed up the process of trimming the stem ends from beans. Honestly, there is no quick and easy way. It’s really only the stem end that needs to be trimmed off. The tip end is tender and perfectly fine to eat.
You can:
- Do them one by one and just enjoy the zen of it.
- Line several of them up on a cutting board and cut the ends. I find it time-consuming to line up those beans, then grab the knife and cut but it works.
- Grab two or three at a time and break the stem end off with your other hand.
- Grab two or three from your pile where you see stems together and snip them with kitchen shears.
Thank you, hope you enjoy and please share this From A Chef’s Kitchen reader favorite!
More recipes with green beans:
- Mediterranean Braised Green Beans with Tomatoes
- Potato Green Bean Salad with Olives and Feta Cheese
- Skillet Charred Green Beans with Goat Cheese Chipotle Butter
- Lasagna with Pesto, Green Beans and Potatoes
- Roasted Green Beans with Tomato Caper Relish
- Sheet Pan Roast Chicken with Potatoes, Green Beans, Olives and Lemon
- French Lentil Salad
- Green Bean and Radish Salad with Mustard – Caper Vinaigrette
Thai Sweet Chili Green Beans
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon canola oil - or vegetable oil
- 4 cloves garlic - thinly sliced
- 2 pounds green beans - ends trimmed
- 1/3 cup vegetable broth - or chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/2 cup sweet chili sauce
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes - optional
- Salt - to taste
Instructions
- In a large skillet or wok, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook garlic 30 seconds to 1 minute or until fragrant.
- Add green beans and cook, stirring often or until beans are beginning to brown.
- Add broth and soy sauce. Cover and let cook 4 to 5 minutes or until crisp-tender.
- Add sweet chili sauce, crushed red pepper flakes and salt to taste.
- Heat through. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve immediately.
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Ich habe heute die leckeren grüne Bohnen mit selbstgemachten schwarzen Knoblauch zubereitet, einfach nur köstlich.
Viele Grüße,
Jesse-Gabriel
Today I made the delicious green beans with homemade black garlic, just delicious.
Many greetings,
Jesse-Gabriel
Hi, Jesse-Gabriel, Thanks so very much! Yes, I’ll bet these would be great with black garlic. Glad you enjoyed! Thanks again!
This was really, really good. I used frozen beans and added a splash of rice vinegar at the end along with some lime juice.
Hi, Robert, Thanks so very much! I love a splash of acid at the end of a lot of the dishes I cook so good call! Glad you enjoyed! Thanks again!
I used an Indonesian Sweet Chili Sauce and sesame seeds to finish.
Very tasty! Good recipe. Thanks!
Hi, Bil and thanks so very much! That sounds delish and glad you enjoyed!!
About to make this for the fourth time. This has become my favorite way to make green beans. The perfect blend of sweet and spicy.
Hi, Elliot, Wow. Thanks so very much! So glad you’re enjoying! If you like Brussels sprouts, be sure to try my Sriracha Sweet Chili Brussels Sprouts. Thanks again!
When you cover them after adding the stock…does the stock reduce or cook down? The photos appear to have no residual liquid. Does the stock burn off?
Hi, Jake, Thanks so much for your question. There’s not a whole lot of liquid to begin with; it’s under a cup. If you just added the sweet chili sauce, it would burn in a hurry because of the thickness and sugar. The broth just adds a little extra “steam” to enable the green beans to cook. Thanks again and hope you enjoy!
These were amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve made them twice this week, and plan on making all my beans from the garden with the recipe. Thanks!!
Hi, Anna! Thank you so much! I have a hard time finding good green recipes I really like but this one is always a hit at our house. Thanks again and so glad you are enjoying so much!
Fantastic !!!
Thanks, Farah!
Love it!
Awesome! Thanks so much, Elaine!
A perfect summer side dish. I could probably just eat this with a bowl of rice and an ice cold beer!
This would make an awesome veggie side to any meal. Those color came out beautifully
This is the kind of side dish that you just can’t make enough of! I’ll bet it goes in a flash!
These look great Carol – I love the addition of the chili sauce!
Perfect green beans are the best Summer vegetable!
These sound incredible! I love sweet chili sauce and I bet it’s so good on green beans. 🙂
This reminds me that I don’t cook green beans nearly enough! Delicious!
This looks like the perfect side dish – yummy!