Szechuan Dry-Fried Green Beans
A Sichuan restaurant classic: green beans fried until blistered and wrinkled, then tossed with crisp pork mince, preserved mustard greens, garlic and dried chillies, so they taste concentrated and almost smoky.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 500 g green beans, trimmed and dried well
- 4 tbsp sunflower oil
- 150 g pork mince
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine or dry sherry
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 tbsp Sichuan preserved mustard greens (ya cai), chopped
- 6 dried red chillies, snipped in half
- 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 10 g ginger, finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1849 kcal · P 99.6g · C 170.3g · F 89.3g
Estimated from 13 of 13 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Make sure the beans are completely dry, or they will spit and steam instead of blistering.
- 2Heat 3 tbsp of the oil in a wok over medium-high heat and fry the beans in two batches, turning them, for 6–8 minutes until the skins are wrinkled and blistered with brown spots. Lift them out.
- 3Add the remaining oil and fry the pork mince over high heat, breaking it up, for 3–4 minutes until crisp, adding the Shaoxing wine and soy sauce at the end.
- 4Add the mustard greens, chillies, Sichuan peppercorns, garlic and ginger and stir-fry for 30 seconds until fragrant; do not let the chillies blacken.
- 5Return the beans with the sugar and salt and toss for 1 minute until they are coated and hot through.
- 6Drizzle with the sesame oil and serve straight away.
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Questions and answers
How long does Szechuan Dry-Fried Green Beans take to make?
About 25 minutes: 10 min prep and 15 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Szechuan Dry-Fried Green Beans?
13 ingredients: green beans, sunflower oil, pork mince, Shaoxing wine or dry sherry, light soy sauce, Sichuan preserved mustard greens, dried red chillies, Sichuan peppercorns, garlic, ginger, sugar, salt and 1 more.
How many servings does this Szechuan Dry-Fried Green Beans recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Szechuan Dry-Fried Green Beans?
About 462 kcal, with 24.9 g protein, 42.6 g carbohydrate and 22.3 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Szechuan Dry-Fried Green Beans recipe suit?
It is dairy-free.
What cuisine is Szechuan Dry-Fried Green Beans?
Szechuan Dry-Fried Green Beans comes from Chinese cuisine.
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