Tired of the same old boring vegetable recipes? This one for ginger green beans uses fresh ginger, garlic and a flambé of rum to spice up this common side dish. We make this dish regularly during dinner parties because it not only tastes amazing but the flambé provides your guests with a show as well.

WARNING: This vegetable recipe requires you to use open flame and the burning of rum alcohol in a flambé for its flavor. Always use caution when cooking with an open flame. Be sure there is nothing that may catch on fire above or near your stove top and that you stand back when lighting the rum. Basically—BE CAREFUL!

What You Will Need:

2 cups fresh green beans
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely minced
½ of a thumb sized piece of fresh ginger root, peeled and grated
Small pat of butter
1 pinch of salt and pepper

In a pot of boiling water par boil the green beans for 4 minutes. Meanwhile, heat a large skillet or frying pan to medium heat and melt the pat of butter. When the beans are finished par boiling transfer the beans to the skillet. Add all of the remaining ingredients EXCEPT the rum. Cook the bean mixture for 5 to 8 minutes or until the beans are crisply tender.

Pour the rum into the frying pan with the bean mixture. Stand back and use the bar-b-q lighter to ignite the rum in the frying pan. High flames will occur—this is normal as the alcohol in the rum is now burning off and leaving you with the flavor of the rum only. Allow all the alcohol to burn off and the flames to extinguish on their own. When the flames die out your beans are ready to serve.

WARNING: Never leave the flambé unattended, even for a second.

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