Dry-Fried Long Beans and Minced Pork with Olive Vegetables
Simple and easy to make, Chinese dry-fried long beans with minced pork dish seasoned with umami-packed Chinese olive vegetables. Delicious mixed with rice for a quick and flavourful meal.
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 311kcal
Ingredients
- 1 bundle yardlong beans (Chinese long beans)
Ground Pork Marinade
- 1 lb ground pork
- ½ tablespoon white pepper
- 1 tablespoon Chinese rice cooking wine
- 1 ½ tablespoons soy sauce
Sauce Ingredients
- 1 ½ tablespoons Chinese olive vegetable
- 1 tablespoons soy sauce
- ½ tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 2 cloves garlic (finely minced)
- 3 slices ginger
Instructions
Preparation
- In a medium bowl, marinate the ground pork with 1½ tablespoons of soy sauce, white pepper, cooking wine and mix well and set aside.
- Wash the beans under cold water and cut off the ends and discard them.Chop the beans up into bite-sized pieces, I like to cut them into 1-2 inch length pieces.
- Finely mince the garlic and slice the ginger and set it aside.
Cooking the Chinese yardlong beans
- In a wok or frying pan, set the stove to high heat and add about 3 tablespoons of oil
- Once the oil is hot, add in the ginger and toast it until it has turned golden. (approximately 1-2 minutes)
- Add in the garlic and brown for 30 seconds
- Add in the ground pork and break it apart while cooking it. Cook it until it is fully cooked and brown (approximately 10-15 minutes) If water comes out of the pork, keep cooking it until all the water has evaporated and the pork has a chance to brown.
- When the pork is done, stir in the dark soy sauce remove the pork from the wok onto a clean plate and set it aside for later. You can also remove the ginger slices as well and discard them.
- Re-heat the wok or frying pan to high heat with 1-2 tablespoons of oil.
- Once the oil is hot, add in the beans (be careful if your beans are wet they may splatter)
- Spread out the beans so they get as much surface area to touch the pan as possible so that they can blister more quickly. Cook for approximately 5 minutes until they are blistered and soft.
- Add in 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and continue to stir fry for 20 seconds
- Add back in the cooked pork and add the olive vegetables as well. Stir fry for a few more minutes and plate it.
- Serve hot with a side of rice or noodles
Notes
- You can substitute green beans for yardlong beans
Nutrition
Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 311kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 82mg | Sodium: 496mg | Potassium: 381mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg