This long bean stir fry with garlic and bacon is a very quick and easy side dish. It's tasty with rice and ready in just 10 minutes. Perfect for a midweek dinner!
Why This Recipe Works
Long bean, also known as, yardlong bean, Chinese long bean and asparagus bean, is a vegetable with many health benefits. For example, it’s a great source of antioxidants and loaded with protein, iron, phosphorus, potassium and vitamin A. It is easy to find and fairly cheap in Southeast Asia.
Stir-fried long beans is one of the easiest Thai recipes with long beans. It takes just about 10 minutes to put together, making it perfect for your dinner after a busy day at work. If you can spare a few more minutes, make my easy Thai garlic fried rice to enjoy the stir-fry with and maybe a glass of simple blue butterfly pea tea. You'll thank yourself for it!
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Ingredients You Need
Here is a visual overview of the ingredients in the recipe. Scroll down to the recipe at the bottom for quantities.
Ingredient Notes
Long Beans: These are not to be confused with green beans. But if you can't find them, you can definitely use green beans instead.
Bacon: You can use any types of bacon you like or even eggs or other types of meat. Note that if you're not using bacon, you might want to start by heating some oil and frying the garlic. After that, do the meat, beans and soy sauce.
Soy Sauce: I highly recommend the brand in the link provided. However, I know that some of you may be allergic to soy or not a fan of soy sauce. In that case, feel free to season the stir fry with salt.
Step-By-Step Instructions
Quick Tip: For efficiency preparing this recipe, rinse the green beans under running water cut both ends off. Then, chop them into one-inch long pieces. Similarly, cut the bacon into bite-size pieces.
Once everything is ready to go, the stir fry should take just about 5 minutes!
Step 1: Heat a wok over medium heat and fry the bacon until it stars to brown and has released the fat.
Step 2: Add the garlic and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Step 3: Toss in the green beans.
Step 4: Add soy sauce and continue to stir for about 2 minutes. Then, remove from heat and serve with rice or anything else you prefer.
Tips:
Although it's an easy dish, still there's a secret to making this stir fry great, which is not adding any water to it when cooking!
I know adding water may sound weird to some from different cultures but many Thais do add water to their vegetable stir fries. Even I do that sometimes. But not with this baby, babe. With no water, the long beans will be coated in fat and their texture and shape stay nice longer.
Storing
This dish is best enjoyed freshly-cooked. I don't recommend storing and reheating at all. Though, if you don't mind sad-looking, soggy beans, then you can store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a day and reheat by microwaving at the highest level of heat for 2 minutes when ready to eat.
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Long Bean Stir Fry with Bacon
Ingredients
- 4 strips bacons cut into bite-size pieces
- 4 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 5.291 ounces long beans cut into one-inch long pieces
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
Instructions
- Heat a wok over medium heat and fry the bacon until it stars to brown and has released the fat.
- Add the garlic and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Toss in the green beans.
- Add soy sauce and continue to stir for about 2 minutes. Then, remove from heat and serve with rice or anything else you prefer.
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Notes
- Do not add any water to the stir fry when cooking. Without water, the long beans will be coated in fat and their texture and shape stay nice longer.
- Long Beans are not to be confused with green beans. But if you can't find them, you can definitely use green beans instead.
- You can use any types of bacon you like or even eggs or other types of meat. Note that if you're not using bacon, you might want to start by heating some oil and frying the garlic. After that, do the meat, beans and soy sauce.
- I highly recommend this brand of soy sauce. However, id you are allergic to soy or do not like soy sauce, feel free to season the stir fry with salt.