Dry-Seared Green Beans

Name: Dry-Seared Green Beans (乾煸四季豆)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon dried shrimp; 2 tablespoons water; 1 tablespoon minced Szechuan preserved mustard stems; 1 cup oil; ½ teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; 2 tablespoons dry sherry; ½ teaspoon sugar; ¼ pound ground pork; 1 tablespoon finely chopped scallion greens; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 1½ pounds green beans

乾煸四季豆

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

In this dish all the ingredients are dry and chewy, with a lingering flavor. It is unusual and delicious. The beans are wrinkled but crisp, and each is speckled with a little adhering meat, shrimp, and preserved vegetables.

Ingredients

1½ pounds green beans
1 cup oil
¼ pound

Asia
China
Preserve
Side dish

Method

Rinse and dry the green beans; break off the ends. March-chop the ground meat a few times to loosen its formation. Cover the dried shrimp with boiling water and soak for 30 minutes; drain and mince fine. Slice off a small piece of the preserved mustard stems; rinse briefly to remove some of its pepperiness and then mince it fine, to make