Name: Stir-fried Pork with Green Beans
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons light soy sauce; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 1 teaspoon cornflour; 25 g (1 oz) dried shrimp; 225 g (8 oz) runner beans or French beans; 1½ tablespoons groundnut (peanut) oil; 2 tablespoons Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; 2 tablespoons fish sauce or light soy sauce; 3 tablespoons water; ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 450 g (1 lb) lean boneless pork; handful fresh basil leaves; 2 teaspoons sugar; 50 g (2 oz) roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Ken Hom Cooks Thai

By Ken Hom

Published 2001

About

The Thais share their love of pork with the Chinese who, like the Thais, regard it as their ‘red meat’. Pork, having at once distinctive and delicate flavours, requires some thoughtful seasonings and appropriate accompaniments to bring out the best of its gustatory virtues, as in this recipe.

Understandably popular, this dish appears almost as often as pork does on many menus at home and in restaurants.