Braised Long Beans with Black Mushrooms

Name: Braised Long Beans with Black Mushrooms
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 375 g (12 oz) long (yard-long) beans; 7-8 black (or shiitake) mushrooms, presoaked; 3 tablespoons vegetable oil; ¾ cup (185 mL/6 fl oz) soaking liquid from mushrooms; ½ teaspoon salt; 1½ teaspoons soy sauce; ½ teaspoon white granulated sugar

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fine Family Cooking

By Tony Bilson

Published 1994

About

A quick, simple dish which preserves the juicy character of the vegetable. Fresh green string beans may be used instead of long (yard-long) beans, which may be 30 cm (12 in.) or more in length.

Ingredients

375 g (12 oz) long (yard-long) beans
7-8 black (or shiitake) mushrooms, presoaked

Oceania
Australia
Side dish
Vegan

Method

Soak the mushrooms in 1 cup (250 mL/8 fl oz) water. Reserve this liquid.

Wash and pat dry the beans thoroughly, then cut them into 4 cm (1½ in.) lengths.

Cut the mushrooms into 1 cm (⅓ in.) strips. Heat the oil in a preheated frying pan or skillet over a high heat and when it is hot, add the beans. Reduce the heat to moderately hot and stir-fry for 1½ minutes. Stir in the mushro