Recipes

Stir-fried green beans

By Shannon Bennett

10 minutes Preparation time

15 minutes Cooking time

4-6 servings Serves

Ingredients

400 g green beans, trimmed

125 ml (½ cup) vegetable oil

2 tbsp caster sugar
2 tbsp fish sauce

60 ml (¼ cup) rice wine

6 garlic cloves, very thinly sliced

Salt flakes, to taste

Place the green beans in a perforated steam tray.
Steam beans for 1 minute at 100°C. Plunge into iced water to stop the cooking process.
Drain on paper towel.
Heat a wok on medium-low heat, induction setting 4 for 4 minutes then increase to high heat, Induction setting 8. add the oil and the green beans. Stir-fry until they change colour. Remove from the pan and place back on the
paper towel.
Add the sugar by sprinkling over the base of the pan. Cook for 1 minute.
Add the fish sauce, rice wine, garlic and a good pinch of salt. Take care as the oil will be very hot and will spit when the liquids are added.
Cook until the sauce has reduced by half, then add the green beans and mix through the sauce prior to serving.
Taste and season with more salt if necessary. Serve warm.

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