Szechuan Dry Fried Green Beans Recipes

CHINESE "DRY-FRIED" GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Preparing the ingredients: Wash the green beans, drain thoroughly, and trim the tops and bottoms. Cut the green beans on the diagonal into slices approximately 2 inches long. Chop the garlic, ginger and scallions. Dry-Frying: Heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add the green beans and stir-fry until they start to shrivel or "pucker" and turn brown (6 to 7 minutes for longbeans). Remove the green beans from the wok and drain in a colander. Cooking the aromatics: Heat 1 tablespoon oil in the wok on high heat. Add the garlic, ginger and scallions. Stir-fry for a few seconds, then add the chili paste and stir-fry for a few more seconds until aromatic. Assembling: Add the green beans and the dark soy sauce, sugar, salt, and pepper if using. Stir everything together, and taste and adjust the seasoning if desired. Serve hot.

SPICY SZECHUAN GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Combine green beans and water in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender crisp, 4 to 5 minutes. Add ginger, garlic, and sesame oil; cook, stirring frequently, until garlic is lightly browned, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Mix soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, and red pepper flakes together in a small bowl. Pour over beans and cook until sauce thickens enough to coat beans, 3 to 5 minutes.

SZECHUAN DRY FRIED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Heat wok on medium high heat until it smokes.
• Add peanut oil, and heat until it is nearly smoking.
• Drop in green beans-make sure they are dry!
• Stir and fry until the beans dry out, shrivel slightly and begin to char to a dark brown in spots.
• Remove when they are quite wrinkled and somewhat charred, and drain on paper towels.
• Crank heat up to high and add all minced seasonings except pork.
• Stir and fry thirty seconds until very fragrant.
• Add minced pork, and stir with a chopping motion with the wok shovel to break it apart.
• Cook this way until almost all of the pink is gone-put beans back into wok.
• Stir and fry for ten seconds to blend, then add soy sauce and continue stir frying until all pink is gone.
• Remove from heat, stir in sesame oil.

SZECHUAN DRY FRIED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• *Regularor Chinese long beans.
• **Chachoy is a moderately spicy pickled Chinese root vegetable packed in salt and chilies.
• It comes in cans.
• It should be rinsed in cold running water to remove the seasonings.
• Unused cha choy keeps for a long time refrigerated in a zipper bag.
• Deep fry the beans until they're well wrinkled, about 3- 4 minutes.
• Pour into a sieve to drain.
• Heat 1- 2 T oil in a wok.
• Stir in the ginger and add the pork.
• Stir fry until the pork is just cooked.
• Stir in the cha choy, then the beans to blend.
• Pour in the sauce and continue to stir until it dries up.
• Finally, stir in the scallions, vinegar and sesame oil.