Fried Green Beans with Prawns

Name: Fried Green Beans with Prawns
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons brown sugar; 225 g (8oz) green beans, sliced; 1 tablespoon fish sauce; 1 teaspoon shrimp paste; 450 g (1lb) cooked prawns, shelled and chopped; 1–2 red or green chilli peppers, seeded and chopped; 1–2 red or green chilli peppers, seeded and chopped; 2 cloves garlic, crushed or minced; 3 shallots, finely chopped or minced; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Far Flung Floyd

By Keith Floyd

Published 1994

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed or minced
3 <

Asia
Thailand
Side dish
Pescatarian
South East Asia
Gluten-free

Method

Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan. Stir-fry the garlic, shallots, chillies and shrimp paste over a high heat for half a minute. Throw in the prawns and green beans and stir-fry for about 5 minutes.

Season with fish sauce and sugar and serve hot with steamed rice.

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