Alice Chen’s Ginger Green Bean Salad

One of the best cooks I know is Alice Chen. Originally from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in western China, Alice now makes her home in California.

Sichuan is a region famous for its spicy cuisine. When Alice made this tasty ginger green bean salad for me one sunday, I was not surprised at how spicy and stimulating it was to the palate. What did surprise me was how simple and easy it is to make. Alice told me that it was