Thai Sweet Chili Green Beans Recipe
This Thai Sweet Chili Green Beans Recipe is a great side dish for so many meals!
I make this Thai Sweet Chili Green Beans recipe quite often as it goes with chicken, beef, fish or a vegetarian meal. It’s packed full of flavour but it’s easy and quick to make. Now that’s the kind of recipe I like. I never thought to share the recipe before because it’s so easy to make but when I recently made HERE with coconut and ground cloves and served it with the green beans and everyone was asking for the recipe I figured it was time. I’ve only got photos of the green beans with the chicken recipe but it just helps you imagine how good it is as part of a meal.
Here you go here’s this easy peasy Thai Sweet Chili Green Beans Recipe serve with your favourite meals.
Thai Sweet Chili Green Beans Recipe
Thai Sweet Chili Green Beans Recipe Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 5 mins Total time: 15 mins Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp canola oil (can use coconut oil instead)
- 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 2 pounds green beans, ends trimmed
- 1/3 cup chicken broth
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 cup sweet chili sauce
- 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- kosher salt, to taste
Instructions
- In a large skillet or wok, heat canola oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and cook 30 seconds to 1 minute or until fragrant. Add green beans and cook, stirring often until beans begin to brown.
- Add the chicken broth and soy sauce. Cover and let cook 4 to 5 minutes or until tender-crisp.
- Add sweet chili sauce, crushed red pepper flakes and salt to taste. Toss to coat and heat through. Transfer to serving bowl and serve immediately.
Notes
You can add toasted sliced almonds for a crunchy and nutty flavour. It's a nice twist to the green beans.
Of course, we might be biased but this Thai Sweet Chili Green Beans Recipe goes so well with our HERE with coconut and ground cloves served on top of Thai Purple Sticky Rice or Coconut Rice. Yum, now I’m hungry. We hope you like this recipe as much as we do. If you try it let us know!
This delicious Thai Sweet Chili Green Beans recipe was adapted from a Chef’s Kitchen HERE.
This sound so good. I love sweet chili and the mix of sweet and hot and am a fan of Thai food so this is one I will try to make for sure
I was just thinking we haven’t had fresh green beans in ages. I’ve not made green beans in any way like this, it sounds delish, and would like to try it!
This looks delicious and easy to make. I look forward to sampling it.
I enjoy trying different green bean recipes. This one would be different and tasty for me to make!
This sounds delicious and unique! I am definitely going to have to try this, thank you so much for sharing!
It sounds delicious! I love Thai Sweet Chilli and will definitely make this, thank you.
I love fresh green beans and enjoy trying them in different recipes. This sounds great!
awesome for a well balanced dinner
I love thai food and this looks soooo delicious, I’ll have to give the recipe a try!
This sounds delicious and I have to try it. My family has been trying to eat a plant based diet and this would be prefect.
The recipe sounds delicious. I like that it is easy to make. It would be great for a quick side dish.
This sounds so delicious and something my family would love. Thanks for the recipe!
This sounds spicy and delicious.
I love this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
This would be a great side for my Spicy Thai Peanut Chicken.
These sound amazing, I’m always looking for new ways to cook veggies, I’m cutting back on meat.
Lots of good flavors in the green beans. And it is easy to make.
I will have to try this recipe. I’m always looking for ways to encourage the kids to eat more veggies, plus I love Thai flavors. Great side dish to pair with a Thai chicken recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Nice, I was looking for a new veggie recipe
I’m really going to try your recipe.
Thai is my favorite of all cuisines.
And, I’ve recently become addicted to sweet chili sauce.
Match in heaven,
Darn,,realized name is different here..
FlaVickie was in form thanks
Thanks