Sichuan Dry-Fried Green Beans Recipe (Ganbian Sijidou)

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 pound green beans
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

  or use lard
• 6 ounces ground pork

  add more for a more complete meal - see recipe notes
• 7-8 dried peppers

  chopped - optional, for extra spicy - use japones, chile de arbol, or Chinese peppers
• 1/2 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
• 4 cloves garlic

  minced
• 1 teaspoon minced ginger
• 1/2 cup Chinese preserved vegetables

  I used preserved mustard greens
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil

Instructions

• 1 Heat the vegetable oil to medium-high heat in a large pan or wok.
• 2 Add the green beans and dry fry them for 4-5 minutes until they become tender
  and wrinkly. Remove and set aside for now.
• 3 Heat the pan or wok back to medium-high heat. Add the ground pork, peppers and
  Shaoxing wine. Stir fry them for 3-4 minutes, or until the pork cooks through.
• 4 Add the garlic and ginger and reserved green beans. Stir fry for 1 minute, until
  the garlic becomes fragrant.
• 5 Stir in the soy sauce and preserved vegetables. Warm through.
• 6 Remove from heat and stir in the sesame oil. Serve!

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