Szechuan dry-fried green beans
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 2
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- 300g green beanstrimmed of any fat
- for frying oil
- 1 tsp Szechuan peppercornscrushed
- 3-4 small whole dried red chillies
- 2 cloves garliccrushed
- 3cm chunk gingergrate
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp shaoxing rice wine
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal174low
- fat12.3g
- saturates0.9g
- carbs8.5g
- sugars6.2g
- fibre6.7g
- protein4.1g
- salt1g
Method
step 1
Bring a pan of salted water to the boil. Drop in the beans and cook for 1 minute then drain well and pat completely dry on kitchen paper.
step 2
Heat a wok or non-stick pan to high. Add the beans with a good pinch of salt without oil and dry fry, turning until they start to blister and wrinkle.
step 3
Scoop out of the pan then add 2 tbsp oil with the szechuan peppercorns and chillies. Cook for a couple of minutes then add the garlic and ginger and cook for 2 minutes
step 4
Add back the beans with the soy, shaoxing wine and sesame oil. Toss and serve.
