Wok-Fried Green Beans and Chikuwa Fishcakes in Spicy Japanese Mayo Sauce

A super-fast stir-fry using Chikuwa fishcake, Japanese mayonnaise and tobanjan. Also known as ‘doubanjiang’, tobanjan is a chilli bean paste from Sichuan Province, China, but the Japanese have adopted it as their own. Unlike other chilli sauces, tobanjan is made from fermented soy and broad (fava) beans with added chillies, salt and other spices, so it is richer in umami and full of flavour. The combination of tobanjan, Japanese mayonnaise and chikuwa fishcakes delivers maximum flavour with