Szechuan Green String Beans
photo by sistersue1959
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 2 cups cooking oil, plus
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 3⁄4 lb string bean, trimmed and cleaned
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons ground pork
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1⁄2 tablespoon sherry wine
- 1⁄2 tablespoon sugar
- 4 tablespoons chicken broth
- 1⁄2 tablespoon sesame oil
directions
- Heat 2 cups of the oil in a wok and add the beans.
- Fry for one minute or until soft.
- Drain.
- In a sauté pan, add the remaining oil and heat.
- Add the beans, garlic, minced pork, soy sauce, sherry, sugar and broth.
- Add the sesame oil and scallion, swirling to heat through.
- Serve.
- Our beans are extremely crisp, which makes all the difference.
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Reviews
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Just delicious. I left out the pork and all oils. Used Pam to spray the large skillet and "fry" the beans. Then added broth,extra soy sauce,garlic and sugar Covered for about 10 minutes. My family does not like "crist" beans so cooked them longer than suggested. Family and guests were very complimentary. Thanks ebechan.
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I am VERY happy with the meal we got from this recipe. I was happy to see the pre-frying of the green beans, as this is a very common technique in Chinese cooking. I did substitute Chinese wine for sherry, but kept strictly to the amounts and kinds of seasonings and broth. I did use ground chicken rather than pork, because that's what I had. And, the biggest way I fiddled with the recipe was that I added about 1 lb of cooked taro root, so we could have this as a main dish, rather than a side. It might be a bit saucy if only green beans are used, but it was just perfect for us. BTW, the amount of scallion is not mentioned - I used 3 tablespoons. Thank you very much for this recipe.
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I am VERY happy with the meal we got from this recipe. I was happy to see the pre-frying of the green beans, as this is a very common technique in Chinese cooking. I did substitute Chinese wine for sherry, but kept strictly to the amounts and kinds of seasonings and broth. I did use ground chicken rather than pork, because that's what I had. And, the biggest way I fiddled with the recipe was that I added about 1 lb of cooked taro root, so we could have this as a main dish, rather than a side. It might be a bit saucy if only green beans are used, but it was just perfect for us. BTW, the amount of scallion is not mentioned - I used 3 tablespoons. Thank you very much for this recipe.