Easy + healthy Garlic Green Beans (no frying)

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The video provides a quick, healthy, and visually appealing recipe for a common side dish, using popular kitchen appliances like the air fryer. The clear, step-by-step instructions and the final appetizing presentation likely resonated with viewers looking for easy meal prep ideas.

Summary

The creator demonstrates how to make healthy garlic green beans using an air fryer instead of frying. The process involves boiling the beans, seasoning them with oil, salt, garlic powder, umami seasoning, and then air frying them. Finally, they are tossed in a pan with browned garlic, sesame oil, red pepper flakes, and a touch of maple syrup.

Structure

1Prep green beans (trim and cut)
2Boil green beans for 90 seconds
3Season and air fry green beans
4Sauté garlic and seasonings
5Toss green beans with garlic mixture

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Whole Foods Organic Umami Seasoning (ACTS - used as an ingredient in cooking; removing it would change the flavor profile of the dish). Whole Foods Organic Toasted Sesame Oil (ACTS - used as an ingredient in cooking; removing it would change the flavor profile of the dish). Kirkland Signature Organic Maple Syrup (ACTS - used as an ingredient in cooking; removing it would change the flavor profile of the dish).

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Healthier* Din Tai Fung inspired garlic green beans🫛 Air fryer instead of deep frying! #healthygarlicgreenbeans #garlicgreenbeansrecipe #airfryergreenbeans

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Easy + healthy Garlic Green Beans (no frying) 1. Boil for 90 seconds 2. Air fry 350 degrees, 5 min 3. Brown garlic in oil 4. Toss green beans until fully coated In the pan: Cooking oil Garlic Red pepper flakes Umami seasoning Sesame oil Splash of maple syrup

Transcript

and I'm making garlic green beans is part of my meal prep this week so I'll show you exactly how I make them. First thing you want to do is cut the tops and bottoms off the green beans and then you want to cut them in about halves or thirds whatever you prefer. And you know I'm always finding the healthier version of things. A lot of people like to fry their green beans in oil and like I'm just not gonna do that. So we're making them in the air fryer. Before you do that you want to boil them for 90 seconds. So I've got a pot of boiling water going and I'm gonna throw these in. Now that we've drained them we're gonna add a little bit of oil and a little bit of salt and a little bit of garlic powder. Not too much because we're gonna add a lot of garlic after. I'm also gonna add a little bit of umami seasoning. And then just toss it up. I'm gonna pop these in the air fryer in batches. You don't want to overcrowd these because you want the skin to get brown. So mine looks like this. They're fresh out of the air fryer, nice and steamy. They should have some brown bits and the skin should be a little bit wrinkly, sort of like this. Here's a close-up. All right, we're almost done. So in a pan, I'm gonna put some oil down. I'm gonna toss a little bit of sesame oil in here as well. I went ahead and browned the garlic and I added a little bit of red pepper flakes to make it a little spicy. Then I'm gonna just toss the green beans in this mixture. They are all done and they are perfect. I'll toss them in the garlic I took a few liberties and I added red pepper flakes, umami seasoning, sesame oil, a dash of maple syrup for some sweetness. And it is amazing. Every piece is coated with a little bit of garlic, a little bit of red pepper flake. Mmm. Perfect.