Chinese Peppered Green Beans

Submitted by Julie Bs Hive

"I get a kick out of serving these long beans to those who've never seen them as they're fairly new in our supermarket. This particular recipe was in one of those Supermarket CDs."

 

• Ready In: 4mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons green peppercorns, drained
• 1 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 lb chinese yard-long beans
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 1 small red chili pepper, seeded and chopped fine
• 2 tablespoons water

directions

1. In a small bowl, using the bottom of a glass or jar, crush the peppercorns into a coarse pulp. Stir in the cilantro.
2. Heat oil in a large wok or skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in beans, garlic, brown sugar, chile pepper, peppercorns and cilantro. Stir fry for 45 seconds. Pour in the water and cover to steam until tender crisp, about 1-2 minutes for smaller beans and 7-9 minutes for the bigger beans depending on the size of the vegetables. Serve immediately.

Reviews

[MissLinguist]

DBF is Chinese, and we regularly go to the Chinese market, where I've seen these beans, but haven't found any direction on how to cook them...until now. I couldn't find green peppercorns, and I didn't have cilantro, otherwise followed the recipe. I added black sesame seeds and toasted sesame oil after cooking. The only thing is that I think 2 min. is way too short to cook them enough. I had to steam them for 8 min., like regular green beans, but maybe I got a tougher variety. Thanks!