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Taiwanese Style Green Bean Stirfry

Yields6 ServingsPrep Time15 minsCook Time30 minsTotal Time45 mins

Discovered as a Taiwanese side-dish and reinvented as a Main Meal in an Australian Kitchen.

 1 kg Green Beans (String Beans)
 500 g Pork Mince
 4 tbsp Shaoxing Rice Wine
 2 tsp Chinese 5 Spice Powder
 2 Cloves Garlic
 2 tsp Ginger (Grated Root or Powder)
 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
 1 Red Chili (Cayenne)
1

Rinse and thoroughly dry the green beans. Then trim the top and tails, removing any tough strings.

2

Finely dice 1/4 to 1/2 of your Red Chili, depending on your heat preference.

3

Combine Rice Wine, Soy Sauce and 5 spice powder in a small bowl and set aside.

4

Heat 2 tbsp Rice Bran Oil in a Wok over high heat. Add the dried beans (if they still have water on them it will spit oil everywhere, so be careful). Toss the beans well to coat with the oil and continue to fry until the beans are blistered and charred. Pick out the beans as they get blistery and reserve to the side in a clean bowl so that they don't completely blacken and burn. Some beans may take a bit longer than others - you want to try and get an even char across all the beans.

5

Once all the beans are cooked, add the garlic and ginger to the pan and stir-fry briefly until fragrant before adding in the pork mince to cook through. Once the pork is cooked, add the sauce ingredients and toss to coat.

6

Add the cooked beans and Chili into the wok with the pork mince and sauce, toss to combine.

7

Serve with Steamed White Rice as a main, or straight-up as a side dish.

Nutrition Facts

6 servings

Serving size


Amount per serving
Calories289
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 18.9g25%

Saturated Fat 6.6g33%
Sodium 432.3mg19%
Total Carbohydrate 12.1g5%

Dietary Fiber 5.7g21%
Total Sugars 0g
Protein 19.7g

Vitamin A 3.3mcg1%
Vitamin C 45.6mg51%
Calcium 5.2mg1%
Iron 8.5mg48%
Potassium 355.1mg8%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.