Stir-Fried Green Beans with Garlic

Name: Stir-Fried Green Beans with Garlic
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 13 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon sugar; 3 tablespoons Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 3 tablespoons Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; 450g (1 lb) French or dwarf beans or haricots verts, trimmed; 450g (1 lb) French or dwarf beans or haricots verts, trimmed; 450g (1 lb) French or dwarf beans or haricots verts, trimmed; 3 tablespoons finely sliced garlic; 1½ tablespoons groundnut (peanut) oil; 1½ tablespoons groundnut (peanut) oil; 1½ tablespoons groundnut (peanut) oil

Preparation info

Serves
2-4
as a Side Dish

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Ken Hom's Quick Wok

By Ken Hom

Published 2002

About

Green beans are never better than when quickly stir-fried in the wok and perfumed by fragrant garlic. A perfect vegetarian dish that is a great accompaniment as well.

Ingredients

450g (1 lb) French or dwarf beans or haricots verts, trimmed
1½

Asia
China
Main course
Side dish
Vegan
Low calorie

Method

If the beans are more than 7.5 cm (3 in) long, slice them. Otherwise, keep them whole.
Heat a wok over high heat until it is hot. Add the oil, and when it is very hot and

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