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Szechuan Green Beans - Flora Foodie

Szechuan Green Beans

 

My absolute favorite way to eat green beans (well, to eat lots of things really) is stir fried in oil and yummy rich Chinese-y sauce.  Who doesn’t love that?!  Fortunately, it’s fairly easy to make a healthy version of stir-fried vegetables.

Enter Szechuan green beans!  This is adapted from a recipe in my book Ken Hom’s Foolproof Chinese Cooking.  I changed the recipe in part to make it healthier (who needs to deep-fry veggies before stir-frying them?), but also because it calls for several ingredients that you probably don’t just have in your pantry, and that are a little harder to find.  

 
But I left one of these ingredients in: yellow bean paste.  I looked it up and found that it goes by many names.  If you venture to the Asian market for one thing, this should be it!  In my very inauthentic-Chinese-food-making opinion.  I’ve seen it in loads of Chinese recipes I’ve made, and I always used to just leave it out – which will still produce a delicious satisfying dish.  But when I finally went to an Asian market with the help of my lovely Taiwanese friend and got my yellow bean paste, it made such a big difference in those dishes.
 
So you can choose to leave it out or not, but I highly recommend you try to get it!  A picture to make your hunt a little easier:
 
 
serves 2
2 C green beans, ends trimmed
2 large cloves garlic, minced
1 T minced fresh ginger
3 scallions, chopped (use white parts only – save those greens for a garnish on something!)
1 T sriracha
1 T yellow bean sauce
2 T Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
1 T soy sauce
2 t sugar
1 T water
2 t chili oil (only use 1 or just 1/2 t for a mild version)
1 T canola oil
 
Bring a large pot of water to a boil.  Add green beans and blanch for about three minutes, then remove.  If you plan to leave them out for more than a few minutes before stir-frying them, then I recommend putting them in a bowl of ice water to keep them pretty.
 
 
Heat canola oil in a large frying pan or wok.  Add the green beans, garlic, ginger, and scallions, and saute until green beans turn a little golden.  Add the rest of the ingredients and cook until just heated through.
 
 
Don’t eat this with a low-carb meal!  You want plenty of rice or noodles to sop up all this amazing sauce!
 
Nutrition facts per serving:  Calories: 209; Calories from Fat: 108; Total Fat: 12.0g; Saturated Fat: 1.3g; Cholesterol: 0mg; Sodium: 643mg; Total Carbohydrates: 25.6g; Dietary Fiber: 4.4g; Sugars: 10.2g; Protein: 3.1g

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