Healthy Chinese Food Recipes You’ll Adore
Sichuan Green Beans
Chinese Grokker Recipes
Author: Grokker
Recipe type: Side
Cuisine: Chinese
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 3 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 12 ounces green beans, ends trimmed, cut in 2 inch lengths (about 3 cups)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup water
- 4 ounces ground pork (½ cup), optional
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
- 6-9 dried small hot red chiles, broken in half, or to taste (shake out seeds for less heat)
- 1 tablespoon fermented black beans, rinsed and chopped or 2 tablespoons Tianjian (Tienstin) preserved vegetable, rinsed, squeezed dry, and chopped (optional)
- 1 tablespoon Chinese black vinegar or balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
Instructions
- Set a 14 inch wok or 12 inch frying pan over high heat. When the pan is hot, add 1 tablespoon oil and rotate pan to spread the oil.
- Add the beans and salt. Stir fry until the beans coated with oil.
- Add the water. Cover and cook until beans are bright green and barely tender to bite, 1-2 minutes.
- Uncover and stir fry until the water evaporates and beans begin to brown, 1-2 minutes.
- Pour the beans into serving dish.
- Return the pan to high heat (medium-high, if omitting pork).
- Add 2 tablespoons oil, pork, garlic, and ginger. Stir fry just until the pork is browned and crumbly, 1-2 minutes. (Or for vegetarian version, cook just until the garlic is soft, about 30 seconds.)
- Add the chiles, ginger, and fermented black beans. Stir fry until the chiles begin to brown, about 30 seconds.
- Add vinegar, soy sauce, and green beans; stir fry to blend.
- Pour into the serving dish and enjoy.
Comments
Learning good things in other country’s cuisine is very interesting and wonderful. Thanks for sharing
I would love to reprint this article on my blog, http://www.thechinesequest.com – I would leave all the links as is and provide link back to your blog.
Please let me know if that is OK.
Sincerely,
-sMee
Hi Mee,
I’m afraid we can’t permit reprinting of the full article. Please feel free to contact us at contact@fitbottomedeats.com if you’d like to discuss other options. Thanks!
Comments are closed.