Aromatic wok fried beans
Prep time less than 30 mins
Cook time less than 30 mins
Serves 3-4
From Woman's Hour
These Chinese green beans are an amazing accompaniment or a dish to be enjoyed in their own right, full of goodness and vitamins designed to give you health, wealth and happiness after your meal.
Method
-
Heat the oil in a wok over a high heat. Once hot, add the garlic and chilli and stir-fry for 10 seconds to soften. Add half the ginger and all the spring onions, along with the water chestnuts, peanuts and dried shrimps, and stir-fry for 30 seconds.
-
Add the green beans to the wok and stir-fry. The beans should begin to blister and turn slightly golden. Once everything begins to soften, add the Shaoxing rice wine, fish sauce and soy sauce and cook for a further 10 seconds.
-
Add four tablespoons of hot water. Leave to steam for a further 4–5 minutes until the water is almost evaporated and the beans are hot through but still crunchy.
-
Add the remaining ginger and season the mixture with caster sugar, white pepper and sesame oil. Serve piping hot.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp groundnut oil
- 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced
- ½ a fresh red chilli, seeds removed and thinly sliced
- 3cm/1¼in piece of fresh ginger, cut into matchsticks
- 4 spring onions,finely chopped
- 4 water chestnuts, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp skinless peanuts, boiled for 10 minutes
- 2 tbsp dried shrimps
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
- 250g/9oz fine French beans, topped and tailed
- 2 tsp fish sauce
- 3 tbsp light soy sauce
- pinch of caster sugar
- ground white pepper
- 2 tsp sesame oil
This link may stop to work if/when the BBC removes the recipes