Fried green beans definitely give french fries a run for their money…who says spuds are the only veg that can be fried? These beans are light and crispy, and the sauce is extra tangy. Pull up a lawn chair and dig in!
I made these in a 3 qt saucepan with just a couple inches of oil. No big deal. No huge production. A bottle of beer mixed with a cup flour makes the batter. Lime, garlic, and mayo, makes the sauce.
Fried Green Beans with Lime Aioli Dipping Sauce
Ingredients
- vegetable oil for frying
- 1 cup flour
- salt and fresh cracked pepper
- 1 large bottle of beer
- fresh green beans
lime aioli
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- juice and zest of 1 lime
- 1 garlic clove, finely minced
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Fill a deep pan (wide enough for the beans) with a 2-3 of inches of oil. heat the oil to 350 to 375 degrees.
- Season the flour with salt and pepper, then add the beer slowly to make a thin batter, about the consistency of pancake batter.
- Wash, dry, and trim just the stem end off the beans.
- Drop the beans in the batter, and then into the hot oil. They will fry to golden in about 2 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Don't overcrowd the oil or the beans will stick to each other and the temperature of the oil will drop.
- Serve hot with sauce.
- To make the aioli, whisk all the ingredients together and refrigerate until ready to use.
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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notes:
- Â If you don’t have a thermometer, test your oil by dropping a bean in…it should fry to a golden brown in about 2 minutes. If it takes longer, you need to raise the heat, if it browns sooner, turn down the heat.
- If you love these fried green beans, try my Fried Olives with Spicy Yogurt and my Vidalia Onion Strings with Horseradish Aioli!
The green beans look fantastic! I’d love the aioli.
Tempura green beans are definitely one of my favorite things, and I can’t believe I haven’t thought to make them so far this summer! Thanks for the reminder!
You are making me so hungry! Beans are just starting to come in. Thanks for the great idea and lovely photos.
MMmmmm…I want these now! Seriously LOOOOVE.
I just can’t wait to start picking green beens from my garden. I am definitely making this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Gotta love fried green beans! Yum! And that aioli sounds fantastic!
This sounds delicious, especially wit the lime aioli!
So, I basically just want to live at your house. You churn out the most amazing food (and drinks!) every single day…I don’t know how you do it but you are an inspiration!
Oh do you have “lawn chairs” over there? That’s new to me as is this concoction, I’ve never ever had anything like this before.
Wow! I never knew you could do that! Bar food sounds pretty good right now.