Dry Cooked Green Beans

Ingredients

• 1 lb. Chinese long beans or green beans
• (cut into 3" lengths)
• 1/4 cup ground pork
• 1/4 cup pickled Sichuan mustard green, minced
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon dried shrimp, soaked and minced
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon chili paste
• 1 teaspoon Chinkiang vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground Sichuan peppercorn
• 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper

Method

• 1. Oil blanch beans until dried (bean will shrivel and skin will blister). Drain on paper towel and se aside.
• 2. Pour out all but 1 tablespoon of oil, heat the pan on high, stir fry pork with Sichuan mustard green, garlic, and shrimp until pork is cooked.
• 3. Add in sugar, chili paste, vinegar, salt, Sichuan peppercorn and white pepper...mix well.
• 4. Add in beans and correct seasoning. Should be fragrant, spicy and Sichuan peppercorn flavor.

Notes

• NOTES:
• NOTES : Sichuan
• SERVINGS: 6
• SOURCE: Rhoda Yee, CCA