Chinese Green Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. green beans, ends trimmed
2 Tbsp. each soy sauce and water
1 tsp. each cornstarch and brown sugar
1 tsp. dark oriental sesame oil
1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper
2 tsp. canola oil
1 tsp. each minced garlic and ginger root

Preparation

Place beans in a large pot and steam 6 minutes or until crisp-tender.
Cool under running water; drain.
Mix soy sauce, water, cornstarch, sugar, sesame oil and red pepper in bowl until blended.
Heat oil in pot or wok.
Add beans and stir-fry 3 minutes or until beans are very hot and begin to char in spots. Add garlic and ginger root.
Continue stir-frying several minutes more.
Pour in soy sauce mixture.
Toss beans constantly until evenly coated and glazed.