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How To Make Oriental Green Beans

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How To Make Oriental Green Beans
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Oriental Green Beans Recipe. An exotic way of cooking green beans. Imported from the shores of Asia, this variation adds spice to a vegetable dish. Savour our Oriental Green Beans recipe. Enlarge Oriental Green Beans Recipe. An exotic way of cooking green beans. Imported from the shores of Asia, this variation adds spice to a vegetable dish. Savour our Oriental Green Beans recipe.
Serves:
2 to 4
Preparation Time:
15 minutes
Cooking Time:
10 minutes
Total Time:
25 minutes

Step 1: Heat the oil

  • 45 ml vegetable oil
  • 150 g green beans, topped and tailed
  • 2 large red chillies, deseeded and sliced
  • 1 ½ tbsp hoisin sauce
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 1 quarter tsp sea salt
  • 1 quarter tsp vegetable oil
  • 1 wok or deep frying pan
  • 1 slotted spoon
  • 1 spoon
  • some kitchen paper

Step 2: Deep-fry the beans

When hot, add the beans to the oil and deep-fry for 1- 2 minutes, until just tender and slightly wilted.

Step 3: Add the chillies

Add the chillies and cook for a further 30 seconds.

Step 4: Drain the vegetables

Remove the vegetables from the oil, drain on kitchen paper and set aside.

Step 5: Discard the oil and wipe the wok

Carefully empty the hot oil from the wok and wipe it clean with kitchen paper.

Step 6: Add the garlic, hoisin sauce and salt

Pour the remaining oil into the clean wok and add the garlic, hoisin sauce and salt.

Step 7: Add the beans and chillies

Toss the cooked beans and chillies into the sauce and stir-fry for 1 minute, coating them in the sauce.

Step 8: Serve

Serve at once.
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Tips & Comments
  1. Renshen

    Oh my god, putting lovely healthy green beans in all that oil!!! Best to replace step 1 by stir frying the beans and chilli in a BIT of olive oil. Same effect, much more healthy.

  2. Anonymous

    it is different way to cook it in china.

  3. Anonymous

    It looks easy to make.