Chinese Green Beans

Name: Chinese Green Beans
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Asian,Chinese
Ingredients: 1 pound green beans; 1 tablespoon bean sauce; 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce; 2 teaspoons Chinese rice wine; 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar; 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, or peanut oil, divided; 1 tablespoon chopped garlic; 1 tablespoon chopped ginger; 2 medium scallions, white part only, chopped; 1/2 teaspoon chile paste

A spicy Sichuan dish, these Chinese green beans are twice-fried and then coated in a flavorful sauce.

⭐ 4.1 (28 reviews) Prep: 15 minCook: 15 minTotal: 30 minYields: 4 servings

Category Tags:

Side Dish Dinner Lunch

Cuisine Tags:

Asian Chinese

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Instructions

Wash, trim ends, and cut green beans diagonally into 2-inch pieces.
Combine sauce ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a wok over medium heat.
Add green beans and stir-fry for 7 to 10 minutes until tender and skins pucker; remove beans from wok.
Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in the wok over medium-high heat.
Add chopped garlic, ginger, and scallions; stir-fry briefly until aromatic.
Stir in chile paste.
Return green beans to the wok with the prepared sauce and toss to combine.
Serve hot.

Nutritional Info (per serving)

Calories: 156 kcal

Carbohydrate: 13 g

Cholesterol: 0 mg

Fiber: 4 g

Protein: 3 g

Saturated Fat: 2 g

Sodium: 279 mg

Sugar: 6 g

Fat: 11 g

Unsaturated Fat: 0 g