Aromatic Wok Fried Beans

Ingredients

Contains: peanut, soy, fish, shellfish, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

• 1 tbsp ground nut
• 2 garlic cloves
• ½ a fresh red chilli, 3cm/1¼in piece of fresh ginger
• 4 spring onions
• 4 water chestnuts
• 2 tbsp skinless peanuts
• 2 tbsp dried shrimps
• 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
• 250g/9oz fine French beans
• 2 tsp fish sauce
• 3 tbsp light soy sauce
• pinch of caster sugar
• ground white pepper
• 2 tsp sesame oil

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

1. Put the dried shrimps in a bowl, cover with hot water and soak for 20 minutes, then drain and chop finely. While they soak, trim the French beans and cut them into short pieces.

2. Finely chop the garlic, ginger and red chilli. Slice the spring onions, keeping the white and green parts separate. Thinly slice the water chestnuts and roughly chop the peanuts.

3. Heat a wok over high heat and add the groundnut oil. Add the peanuts and stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes until golden, then remove them with a slotted spoon.

4. Add the garlic, ginger, chilli, shrimps and white spring onion parts to the wok. Stir-fry for about 1 minute until fragrant.

5. Add the beans and water chestnuts and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add a splash of water, cover and steam for 2 minutes until the beans are just tender.

6. Pour in the Shaoxing rice wine or sherry, light soy sauce, fish sauce, caster sugar and a pinch of ground white pepper. Toss over high heat for 1 minute.

7. Add the green spring onion parts and the peanuts back to the wok with the sesame oil. Toss for 30 seconds, then serve hot.