Description
Green beans don’t have to be prepared in a boring way.
Ingredients
Scale
For the fried dilly beans:
- 1 jar dilly beans
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups cornstarch
- 2 cups club soda
For the garlic aioli:
- 2 small garlic cloves
- 1 tsp lemon juice or white wine vinegar + more to taste
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 large egg yolk, room temperature
- 1/4 cup neutral oil (sunflower, grapeseed, or vegetable oil)
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
Instructions
For the fried dilly beans:
- Heat vegetable oil to 350 degrees.
- Mix all ingredients in a bowl.
- Dip beans into the batter, and deep-fry until batter is a pale golden brown.
- Serve alongside a dipping bowl of homemade aioli.
For the garlic aioli:
- Grate or smash the garlic and add to the bowl of a food processor with lemon juice or vinegar. Pulse until emulsified, then add whole egg and egg yolk. Blend until frothy.
- With the processor running, add a quarter of the oil a few drops at a time. When mixture begins to thicken, you can add the oil in a thin but steady stream.
- When the oil is incorporated and the aioli is thick, taste it and adjust with an additional squeeze of lemon juice or vinegar and a pinch or two of salt and a sprinkle of black pepper.