- Looking for a healthier fall side dish,
get ready for the most delicious way to eat your greens
in French fry forum.
Hey guys, welcome back to my channel.
It's Taylor from The Girl on Bloor.
I'm all about showing you how to make easy, healthy recipes
that you can live your best life.
So I consider myself a vegetable lover, right?
I pretty much love them all,
but there's just a couple
that I've never been able to enjoy,
eggplant and green beans.
I find the texture of eggplant off-putting
and green beans are just completely tasteless
and bland to me.
If you also find yourself bored to tears over green beans,
I've got an amazing way to jazz them up
and make you actually want to eat them.
Say hello to green bean fries.
Coat them in panko and Parmesan cheese,
then bake or air fry until golden brown and crispy.
I'll be showing you both methods in today's video.
You can enjoy them anytime of the year.
They make an amazing side dish for fall.
So bring them to your family potluck
or the holiday table,
whatever you'd like.
If you're feeling these fries,
check out my free 7-Day Fall Meal Plan
filled with other amazing recipes
for the best season of the year.
I've linked to it in the description of this video.
Now let's get to cooking or healthy fries.
First up, I'll show you the air prior method.
Preheat your air prior to 400 degrees for eight minutes,
if you want it to be nice and hot,
when you actually go to cook your beans,
I use the Philips XXL air fryer,
which is perfect for larger servings of food,
but any air fryer we'll do here.
While you're waiting for that to heat up,
you'll take one large bowl
and add one cup of panko breadcrumbs,
half a cup of Parmesan cheese,
one teaspoon of paprika, one teaspoon of garlic powder.
Just a heads up
that if you want to make these fries vegetarian,
you will need to use vegetarian Parmesan cheese
as not all of them are vegetarian.
You may also want to use buttermilk in place of the egg.
Mix that all up together and set aside.
Now add two eggs to another medium sized bowl
and whisk these together until well combined.
Now you just have to watch two cups of green beans
and then trim the ends off of them.
No need to do any more chopping.
You want to leave the beans cold resemble French fries.
Once that's done,
get your judging station set up
and toss your green beans
and a large bowl with a quarter cup of flour,
then take one handful at a time and coat in the egg mixture.
Then coat them in the panko mixture.
When the beans are coated,
transfer them to your air fryer basket
until all the beans are coated in, in their.
Season them all generously with salt and pepper,
then sprayed with some cooking spray over top.
I like to use avocado oil cooking spray,
because it's a bit better for you than the regular stuff,
but any spray will work.
Now you're ready to cook.
Air fry your beans for five minutes.
After the five minutes are up,
you'll remove the basket,
tossing your beans gently
and air fry for another five minutes.
That's all they need.
They'll come out super crispy and golden
and just so delicious.
I love the air fryer method because in my opinion,
they turn out crispy as this way.
You can totally also do them in the oven.
Let's dive into that method now.
This time you'll take the same judging technique
where you wash and trim two cups of green beans.
Then coat in flour and dip in the egg mixture,
followed by coding and our special panko breadcrumb mixture.
Only this time you will preheat the oven to 425 degrees
before you do all that.
But the magic of video editing,
our oven is preheated
and now it's time to bake our beans.
When they're all coded,
you'll transfer the beans to a parchment lined baking sheet,
seasoning generously with salt and pepper
and spring with cooking spray
just as you did with the air fryer method.
Now you will bake them for 12 to 15 minutes
until the coating is brown and crispy.
Make sure to watch them carefully
so that the coding doesn't burn.
You want it golden, but not charred
See how easy they are.
Now, we all know fries aren't fries,
unless the dipping sauce is involved.
So I will also show you
how to make the absolute best ever garlic mayo.
You can dip them in pretty much anything you'd like,
including ketchup or store bunch of poli or garlic mayo.
But my homemade version is vegan
and you will be looking for excuses to put it on anything.
Trust me for the garlic mayo,
you will need to mix it up in a blender, food processor
or magic bullet
so get that out,
and then add one quarter cup of unsweetened, plain soy milk,
half a cup of sunflower oil,
one teaspoon of lemon juice,
half a teaspoon of sea salt
and two cloves of minced garlic.
I know, I know the soy milk is kind of weird,
but I promise it's what helps the oil emulsify
into a mayo like sauce.
You can take this technique
and apply it to other types of mayos,
doing different admins, like spices,
herbs, chili, peppers and hot sauces.
Okay, blend everything together.
And in just a few seconds,
it'll whip up in a mayo like magic.
Now you are ready to thoroughly enjoy it.
You can store these green bean fries in the fridge
for up to five days
and reheat in a 400 degree oven for five to seven minutes
to crisp them up again.
So it's nice to know that you can make them an advance
or a party or what have you.
Do not microwave them though,
because then they won't be fries anymore.
I recommend serving these with some baked chicken thighs.
I've got an amazing recipe on my blog
and you can never go wrong with some roasted potatoes.
These beans would also be really delicious
and abootable for fall salad.
They truly are the best new way to eat your vegetables.
Don't forget that there are even more delicious,
fall side dishes up on my blog.
I've linked to many more options for you to take a look at
in the description.
Don't forget to download your free seven day fall meal plan
in the description as well.
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share with friends and family
and tag me on Instagram,
when you give these green bean fries a try.
Thanks for hanging out in my kitchen today.
And I will see you in the next video.