Have you ever been to T.G.I. Fridays? I haven’t. But apparently they have an fried green bean appetizer with a wasabi cucumber ranch dip. Although I’ve never tried this in the actual restaurant, I did try a sample of it at Sams Club. They sell the infamous TGI Friday green bean fries. And let me just save you the trouble now of buying these.. they were awful.
With that said, my mom has been making these type of fries for a long time. In fact every time my daughter goes to her house, she requests these fries and like a good grandma, she delights in making it for her.
So here is my version. I made this last night. The beans lasted all of 5 minutes and poof! – they were gone. But we had plenty of the dip left over and it I’m so glad for it. I’ve been dipping potato chips, carrot sticks, and spreading it on bagels. I can’t wait to make a roast beef sandwich with it. So here you go, a nice appetizer to start the weekend. TGIF!
Panko Friend Green Beans with Wasabi Cucumber Ranch dip
Ingredients
Green Beans
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup milk
8 ounces fresh green beans
1 cup flour
1 cup panko crumbs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 cup vegetable oil ( used half vegetable and half olive oil)
Wasabi Cucumber Ranch Dip
1/2 cup bottled ranch dressing
1 cucumber – peeled, seeded, minced
2 tbs sour cream
2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
2 teaspoons wasabi paste
1/4 cup of cilantro
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 pepper
1 pinch cayenne pepper
Combine all the ingredients in a food processor and pulsate for 1 minute. Transfer the dip into a bowl and place in the refrigerator.
Wash and trim green beans. In 3 medium bowls, place flour, salt, and garlic powder in one bowl. In the second bowl mix the egg and milk together. In the third bowl place panko crumbs.
Heat oil in a medium skillet to medium high heat.
This is a 3 step process. First coat the beans in the flour, then wash them in the egg mixture, and then place the beans in the panko crumbs.
Fry the beans in oil until golden brown. Remove from heat and place on a paper towel covered plate. Transfer to serving dish and serve with wasabi cucumber ranch dip. Enjoy!
These look delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
I would not have though about breaded fried beans but they sound good. The dipping sauce sounds really tasty as well.
OMG, these are my favorite apps at TGIF, as well as my daughters – can’t wait to make this!!!
OMG, this sounds absolutely amazing!!!
These look so great – what a wonderful side dish or appetizer for the peoples!! Love cooking with Panko!
So Awesome!
We also these at TGI Fridays but didn’t order any. This is FAR better and cheaper than eating out. YUMMY Pankos!
Looks tasty! Also, I’m liking the idea of smearing a roast beef sandwich with the sauce!
Wow! I need to make these, they look so good.
thank you for the wonderful comment! Apostle Paul is definitely someone I’d love to meet, too. He’s like my hero.
Yum. Yum. Yum. Yum. Yum. Yum. If only I had some green beans this morning, I’d make these for Easter dinner!
Thanks for the comments everyone. My daughter hates vegetables.. but she loves these fried beans. I call them bean fries and she can’t get enough of them.
Oh boy does this look good! Love the pictures too!
Wow! Those look crispy and delicious! What a great appetizer and idea to get your kids to eat their veggies. Thanks for the recipe!
Very creative! I think even my veggie-hating brother will gobble this up! yay! I might teach him to like veggies yet.
I love panko I think that had better texture as regular bread crumbs.My husband usually went to TGI´s when he was in college
Anything fried with Panko is good in my book. Great recipe!
Eric
I actually love those TGIF green bean fries. The location by me does a good job with them and the wasabi mayo is great with them. TGIF’s is where my hubby takes me when I’m having a bad day, and I’ll usually order that one appetizer as my meal (at least I’m getting a full serving of veggies!) I also started making wasabi mayo at home but my recipe is really simple: Hellman’s/Best Foods mayo, wasabi paste, sugar and some water to thin out the consistency.
PF Chang’s also makes a tempura green bean appetizer, but I find it’s kinda greasy and usually oversalted.
Major props for making a home version. Looks delicious!
Thanks for all the comments everyone. I’m still grubbing on the dip.. just a little left though.
ReCessipes: I bet asparagus would be tasty too. I love tempura so I’m betting any vegetable would work.
Phyllis: In all fairness I haven’t tried the TGIF version in the restaurant.. only the frozen version they carry at Sam’s Club. They were sampling it one day and it wasn’t good at all. The beans were soggy and I didn’t like it. I may start having to make wasabi mayo like you described. Sounds good!
S.Stockwell: I bet these will fair well with your guests. They’ll disappear quick on you though!
Wow, the green beans look yummy~
I love green beans. Sometimes they are very expensive in AU, but luckily they are very cheap right now. I can eat more at the moment.
i love fried beans and that dip looks delicious!
I just got a new set up for deep frying and have been desperately wanting a savory recipe to use it for. Perhaps this post is a sign….
Hi from Santa Barbara…do we love this idea??? yes!!! we have a load of relatives coming in this week and we are putting this on the menu…thanks, s
Looks delicious! I’ll have to try it.
I wonder how this would work with asparagus.
I love green beans!!!! That wasabi cucumber ranch make this into perfect combo. Yum!
All I can say right now is – “uh, YUMM!!” I totally want some right now! Thanks for sharing this. I’m heading to the grocery store tonight and these items are definitely on my list.