Green Beans & Mushrooms
Green Beans & Mushrooms
Perfect side dish and even got the thumbs up from my mother in law, and she does not give that out easily. Takes just a bit longer than most green bean recipes as you will need to steam some items and saute other items, but for the most part, you can do both at the same time. For those viewers not in Asia, a long bean is just a green bean but can be 1-3 feet long. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
- 250 grams fresh long beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 2 fresh carrots, see Step 1
- 1 onion, sliced thin
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- 250 grams fresh mushrooms, sliced, shiitaki or button would be good
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt, OR make from a shortcut
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper powder
- 3 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Cut the carrots into 1 inch pieces, then cut each piece into strips about equal in diameter to the beans.
- Steam the long (green) beans for about 3-5 minutes until tender to the bite, depending on how crisp and tender you like the beans. Remove and set aside. (You can steam the carrots for about 1-2 minutes, then add the beans and steam together until crisp, which is what I did.)
- Steam the carrots for about 3-8 minutes, depending on the size and how crisp and tender you like carrots. Remove and set aside.
- Melt the butter in a large pan over medium heat, Saute the onion and garlic until the onion is translucent, add the mushrooms and cook until almost tender, cover and reduce heat to low and simmer for 2-3 minutes, stir in the carrots and green beans, salt, seasoned salt, and white pepper. Cover and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to heat everything through. (Mushrooms I used was a 150 gram package of Shimeji mushrooms, chopped.)
- Serve as a side dish.
Notes
Low cost.
Shortcut: Seasoned Salt.
Variants: Substitute daikon for the carrot. Add 1 teaspoon of dried rosemary or thyme, or both.
Adapted from an internet recipe.
The Real Person!
The Real Person!
I made this on 30 Aug 2017 and is perfect, only thing omitted was the onion since I did not have one on hand. Straightforward recipe, excellent flavor, mushrooms used were Shimeji and were perfect. I think the key item used here is the white pepper, outstanding flavor to this dish. Highly recommended.