Szechwan-Style Baby String Beans with Minced Dried Shrimp

Over the last 10 years, my cooking has evolved in a distinctly lighter direction, this recipe being a foremost example. A take-off on the very delicious, traditional Szechwanese dish of deep-fried string beans with minced pork (see my first cookbook, The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking, for the recipe), this is a meatless cold bean salad using the classic condiments. We offer it in little dishes when o