Dry-Fried Green Beans

Name: Dry-Fried Green Beans
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves: 4-6
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 large carrot, peeled and julienned; 300 g (10½ oz) baby green beans or snake beans, cut into 4 cm (1½ inch) pieces; 1/½ tablespoons peanut (groundnut) oil; 1 teaspoon sugar; 3 spring onions (scallions), finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 2 cm (¾ inch) piece ginger, peeled, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon sambal oelek (chilli paste)

Preparation info

Serves:
4-6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

My Street Food Kitchen

By Jennifer Joyce

Published 2015

About

This is one of my stalwart Chinese side dishes and is a snap to throw together using crisp fresh vegetables. The ginger, spring onions and chilli paste give it a decided zing.

Ingredients

1/½ tablespoons peanut (groundnut) oil
300 g (10½ oz) baby green beans

Method

Heat half the peanut oil in a wok over high heat. When hot, add the beans and carrot and stir-fry for 5 minutes or until they start to brown at the edges.

Add the remaining oil, then the garlic, ginger and spring onion and cook for 30 seconds or until golden. Add the sambal oelek, soy sauce and sugar and stir for another 30 seconds.

Serve immediately.