Main Dish
Stir Fried French Beans with Pork Mince
Ingredients:
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500 grammes French beans
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150 grammes pork mince
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2 cloves of garlic
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1 shallot
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½ teaspoon dark soy sauce
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1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
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Cooking oil for shallow frying, about 1 ½ cup
Seasoning:
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¼ teaspoon flaky sea salt
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¼ teaspoon caster sugar
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½ teaspoon light soy sauce
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1 teaspoon corn flour
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Ground pepper
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Sesame oil
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½ tablespoon water
Method:
1. Trim
both ends of the beans and snap them into similar size, about 5cm/2” long. Wash,
drain and dry.
2. Mix
the pork mince with the seasoning above and put them in the fridge to rest for 20
minutes.
1. Heat
the wok with the cooking oil, when it is hot, put in the French beans, use medium
heat and stir the beans occasionally. Fry the beans till the skin of the beans
wrinkle, it may take about 5 mins. Turn the heat off, take the beans out and
drain them from excess oil and cool down.
2. Meanwhile,
take the pork mince out from the fridge, mince the shallot coarsely, bash the garlic
and chop them into chunks and set aside.
3. When
the oil cools down, pour most of them away and leave about 2 tablespoon in the
wok. Heat the wok up again and fry the shallot and the garlic till they give
out aroma and start to turn soft.
4. Put
in the pork mince and sautéed them with the shallot and garlic till the pork is
cooked. Put in the French beans and stir a few times to mix them with the pork.
Add in the dark soy sauce and the oyster sauce and sautéed till the beans and
the pork mince are covered evenly with the sauces.
5. Serve
them immediately when hot.
Hint:
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It is important to fry the beans till they
wrinkle in order to get the right texture.
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You could substitute French beans with flat
beans
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When seasoning, best to put the corn flour
and the water last.
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Best to serve this dish with plain steam rice.
Most children love this dish!
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