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Posted on 12th Jul 2025

Dry Fried Green Beans with Pork

A super quick, healthier version of a traditional deep-fried green bean dish. This recipe will be sure to leave you wanting more!

Cuisine

Chinese

Time

30mins mins

Servings

2 people

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Ingredients

  • 2 large dried red chillies
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 50g (1¾oz) sui mi ya cai (sichuanese pickled vegetables) (swapsies: tianjin preserved vegetable)
  • 200g (7oz) green beans
  • 100g (3½oz) minced pork
  • Vegetable oil for frying 

Pork marinade:

  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon pure sesame oil
  • ½ teaspoon sugar

The sauce:

  • 1 teaspoon chilli bean sauce
  • ½ teaspoon dark soy sauce
  • Pinch of sugar 
  • 1tbsp chilli water 

Method

  1. Soak the dried red chillies in hot water for 15 minutes, then roughly chop them.
  2. Prepare the other ingredients: Finely slice the garlic, finely chop the pickled vegetables, and trim the green beans by cutting off both ends (top and tail).
  3. Marinate the pork: In a bowl, mix the pork marinade ingredients, then add the minced pork and massage it into the marinade.
  4. Prepare the sauce: In a separate small bowl or ramekin, mix the sauce ingredients together.

Now, set up your wok clock:
5. Arrange your ingredients in a clockwise pattern around your plate, starting from 12 o’clock:

  • Place the garlic, dried chillies and pickled veg at 12 o’clock,
  • Followed by the marinated minced pork then blanched green beans  
  • Finally, the sauce.

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