Green bean sambal

Name: Green bean sambal
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons Sambal Bajak; 4 green onions/scallions, finely sliced; 4 green onions/scallions, finely sliced; 2 teaspoons Chinese black vinegar; 1 teaspoon sweet soy sauce/kecap manis; 1 teaspoon sweet soy sauce/kecap manis; 200 g/6½ oz green beans, trimmed; 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 20 ml/¾ fl oz vegetable oil; 4 teaspoons Chinese oyster sauce; 2 teaspoons fish sauce; 1 small red birds-eye or serrano chilli, finely chopped; 1 small red birds-eye or serrano chilli, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Stir

By Christine Manfield

Published 2001

About

Ingredients

20 ml/¾ fl oz vegetable oil
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

Australian
Oceania
Australia
Side dish
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Heat oil in a wok, add garlic, chilli, fish sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar, sweet soy sauce and green beans. Toss over heat and cook for 2 minutes, or until beans begin to soften.
Stir in sambal bajak and cook for another minute to coat beans with paste. Add a little water to prevent burning.
Remove from heat, add sliced green onion and serve.