Dry Fried Green Beans

Name: Dry Fried Green Beans
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500g green beans, trimmed and dried well; 100g minced pork; 2 tbsp preserved mustard greens (ya cai); 6 dried chillies and 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns; 3 garlic cloves and a little ginger, chopped; 1 tbsp soy sauce and 1 tsp Shaoxing wine; Oil for frying

干煸四季豆/gahn byen sih jee DOH/

Also known as: Gan Bian Si Ji Dou, Sichuan Dry Fried Green Beans, Sichuan Green Beans

About this dish

Green beans fried until blistered and wrinkled, then tossed with minced pork, preserved mustard greens, chillies and Sichuan pepper.

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Ingredients

🫛500g green beans, trimmed and dried well

🐖100g minced pork

🥬2 tbsp preserved mustard greens (ya cai)

🌶️6 dried chillies and 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns

🧄3 garlic cloves and a little ginger, chopped

🫙1 tbsp soy sauce and 1 tsp Shaoxing wine

🛢️Oil for frying

Method

Serves 2

Fry the beans in hot oil until blistered and wrinkled, then drain.

Pour off most of the oil and fry the pork until crisp.

Add the chillies, Sichuan pepper, garlic, ginger and preserved greens.

Return the beans and toss over a high heat.

Season with soy and wine and serve with rice.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Gan bian si ji dou is a classic Sichuan home-style dish; 'dry-frying' means cooking until the beans lose their moisture and turn wrinkled.

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