Dry Cooked Green Beans

Recipe

Ingredients

Preparation

Remove tips and strings from green beans but do not cut smaller.

Combine the sauce ingredients.

Heat oil very hot, deep fry string beans until they are wwrinkled (about 3 minutes). Remove beans and drain off oil from frying pan. Pour string beans into the pan, fry until dark brown. Remove and drain.

Put back only 2T of oil, fry the pork and chopped ginger until cooked. add the sauce, stir well over high heat until most of the sauce has evaporated; add the string beans, stir well over high heat until the sauce is nearly gone.

Add vinegar and sesame oil, sprinkle in chopped green onion, stir well, and serve.

Note:

This dish can keep a few days, and taste better eaten cold.

Attribution

This is mostly from Pei Mei's Chinese Cook Book Volume I.
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