green bean fries

i was pleasantly surprised by these. i have had tgi fridays green bean fries and those are awesome but i have tried making them at home in the past and they never turned out well. this time i dont know what i did differently, but i think that these turned out awesome (some of them even tasted like burger king onion rings for some reason lol) my husband thoroughly enjoyed these and told me that i have to make them more often(of course my kids still wouldn't try them even though we called them 'green goblin fries'. one day.... )

we dipped them in ketchup and theat was good. next time i plan to make a garlic lemon aioli to serve them with. i also plan on trying to use beer instead of milk next time and see how that turns out)

green bean fries
from http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-chew/recipes/Fried-Green-Beans

1 lb.Green Beans (cooked or overcooked)
1/2 cup  Flour
1/2 cup Cornstarch
1 tablespoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
1 teaspoon Black Pepper
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
 Oil for frying

To cook green beans, add cleaned and trimmed green beans to salted boiling water. let boil for 4 minutes and remove to bowl with ice cold water and let cool completely. (this is called blanching. it stops the cooking process on the beans). when cooled, let them dry completely on clean dish towel.

Add 2 inches of vegetable oil to skillet and heat.

In a shallow dish, combine all dry ingredients. In another shallow dish combine milk and whisk in 1 egg.

Dredge green beans in  wet mixture then the dry mixture.

Place into hot oil, fry until golden brown, about 1-2 minutes.

Remove to paper towel lined baking sheet (helps from the green beans getting soggy)