Name: Stir-Fried Beans & Onions
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 15 ml/1 tbsp chilli bean paste (dou banjiang); 5 ml/1 tsp ginger paste; 15 ml/1 tbsp vegetable oil; 300 g/11 oz runner/green beans, cut diagonally into pieces 1cm/½in wide; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/scant ½ cup water; 5 ml/1 tsp sesame oil; 5 fat spring onions/scallions, cut into 5cm/2in lengths; 2.5 ml/½ tsp sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

China

By Terry Tan

Published 2020

About

In Chinese cooking, although specific types of vegetables are used for their intrinsic taste and texture, there are also many dishes that are generic. In almost all stir-fried dishes, such as this one from Shanghai, a blend of seasonings is used. It is rare to see a dish without aromatics, as individual flavours are not a part of the culinary heritage.