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Green Beans and Ground Pork (Spicy)

By nyob zoo on August 19, 2002

2 Reviews

Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 4

About This Recipe

"Spicy with a hint of sweetness. You can add as many or as few red peppers as you like. It depends how hot you like your food. I like mine very spicy. And the peppers I use are hot."

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs fresh green beans, cleaned and cut in 1 inch lengths
1 lb ground pork
6 Thai chiles, chopped
4 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tablespoon oil
3/4 cup water
1/3 cup fish sauce
1 pork bouillon cube (optional)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon brown sugar

Directions

Heat oil in wok on med heat.
Add garlic and peppers; saute 1 minute.
Add ground pork and cook until pink is gone (drain excess oil).
Add green beans, water, fish sauce, salt, bouillon cube, and brown sugar.
Bring to a boil.
Cook on medium heat until green beans are tender. Add more water, salt or fish sauce as desired for your taste.
Serve with white rice if desired--ENJOY.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 (430 g)

Servings Per Recipe: 4

Amount Per Serving: %
Calories 471.0
Calories from Fat 247: 52%

Amount Per Serving: %
Total Fat 27.4g: 42%
Saturated Fat 9.3g: 46%
Cholesterol 106.6mg: 35%
Sugars 10.0 g
Sodium 1852.7mg: 77%
Total Carbohydrate 23.1g: 7%
Dietary Fiber 6.8g: 27%
Sugars 10.0 g: 40%
Protein 34.6g: 69%

Reviews

"Am eating this as I type. The flavours are amazing. This is the first time I have ever tried a green beans & ground pork recipe. I can't handle Thai chillies so I used red capsicum & some Thai spices from a grinder mix. What really impressed me about this recipe is the watery sauce, it gave so much flavour to the rice. Will be using this recipe again & again. Thank you."

By Chef #918189 on August 10, 2008 | 687089
"This was really good, but I had a couple of problems with it. One was that it came out very salty using the amount of fish sauce in the recipe (I had Oyster Brand Nuoc Mam - it may be particularly salty, I don't know.) The other thing was that from the amount of water called for I got the impression it was to be eaten as a soup. Anyway, the liquid was very salty, so I removed the meat and green beans from it and ate them over rice. Without the salty liquid, they were very flavorful, and next time I think I might reduce the water and fish sauce in this recipe and make a kind of stir-fry with the seasonings here. This is definitely worth trying. Thank you for the recipe."

By mianbao on January 30, 2008 | 569462