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Tempura-style crispy green beans

Tempura-style crispy green beans

Lightly battered and deep-fried, tempura-style crispy green beans is served with a creamy spicy sauce made with Japanese mayo and Sriracha. Great as finger food or side dish.
Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine Asian
Keyword Battered and fried, Green beans
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 2 people

Ingredients

  • 100 grams green beans (3.5 oz) trimmed
  • 1 small egg
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne
  • ⅓ cup potato starch
  • cooking oil for frying

Dipping sauce

  • 1 tablespoon Japanese mayo
  • 1 tablespoon Sriracha
  • ¼ teaspoon lemon juice

Instructions

  • Place the green beans in a bowl, add the egg, salt, pepper and cayenne. Mix well.
    Seasoning green beans and tossing with egg
  • Dump in the starch and mix.
    Adding corn starch to green beans to make a loose batter
  • Heat enough cooking oil in a wok or frying pan to reach a depth of at least two inches.
  • Drop the battered green beans one by one in the hot oil. Cook in batches until golden and crisp, about two to three minutes.
    Frying battered green beans tempura-style
  • Drain the green beans tempura on a rack or a stack of paper towels.
  • Mix the ingredients for the dipping sauce.
  • Serve the tempura-style crispy green beans with the dipping sauce on the side.
    Tempura-style crispy green beans