Szechuan Green Beans With Ground Pork

Submitted by Golden Sunflower

"This is a bit spicy so you may want to decrease the pepper flakes and add more at the end for taste. I made this for a pot-luck Chinese dinner that is why the serving size is for 8. Can be cut in half. Delicious over Chinese white rice."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 453.59 g ground lean pork
• 9.85 ml cornstarch
• 1.23 ml salt
• 1.23 ml ground pepper
• 14.79 ml peanut oil
• 1182.95 ml green beans, trimmed and cut in half
• 4 garlic cloves, grated
• 59.16 ml hoisin sauce
• 9.85 ml sugar
• 9.85 ml red pepper flakes
• 19.71 ml low sodium soy sauce
• 946.36 ml white rice, hot and cooked

directions

1. Steam beans 5 minutes (should be snappy not mushy).
2. Combine the first 4 ingredients in a medium bowl.
3. Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet over med high heat. Saute pork mixture until pork loses it's pink color - stirring to a crumble. Add steamed green beans and garlic - saute for 3-5 minutes more.
4. Combine hoisin sauce, sugar, pepper flakes and soy sauce in a small bowl - stirring with a whisk to incorporate ingredients.
5. Pour mixture into pan with pork and green beans. Cook another 3-5 minutes or until heated through, stirring frequently.
6. Serve over hot rice - Enjoy!

Reviews

[Chic Geek]

Better than any restaurant take-out I've ever had. I plan to double the sauce next time to pour over rice. Also, I will try steamed broccoli instead of green beans...personal preference. Can't wait to try this with modifications! thanks for the recipe!

 

[Coppercloud]

This was ok. I will make it again, but just seemed like it was missing something.

 

[dittob]

Absolutely delicious! I had 1 1/2 lbs. of ground pork, so I doubled the sauce. It was very spicy, which we enjoyed. I added a zucchini and onion, simply because I had some that needed to be used up. Definitely good additions. Instead of steaming the green beans first, I took the advice of another commenter and added them in after the pork was cooked. I placed the lid on the pan and allowed the beans to steam for 4-5 minutes, and then added the sauce. It was perfect.

 

[Chris J.]

Not what I was expecting, and too sweet for me.

 

[pamperedlinny]

I made this for dinner last night. Doubled the "sauce" and served with some brown rice. I used broccoli instead of green beans because it's what I had on hand. Also, I cut the pepper flakes back to only a 1/2 tsp so I could share with my toddler. Great meal.