Friday

Szechuan-Style String Beans



We used to order this favorite dish all the time at a favorite Chinese restaurant when I lived in the SF Bay Area. Years ago I bought the chef/owner's cookbook and it has been a life saver for times when I crave these green beans, as I haven't found a recipe for Szechuan-style String Beans I like as well as this one. Make it as spicy or as mild as you like ~ and add as much or as little garlic as you want. It's delightfully fragrant, and it's one of those dishes I MUST make whenever good quality green beans come to market.

I've posted about this dish before (here), and now I've added the recipe to my recipe blog so you can print or save the recipe.


The original recipe required that the beans be deep fried first (a method known as oil-blanching), but I've adjusted the recipe to our tastes using much less oil (about 1 tablespoon), which produces a lighter, more healthful dish. I nearly always substitute the ground pork with ground chicken (I process boneless, skinless chicken breast in food processor until minced), or ground turkey.




If you try this recipe, I hope it becomes a favorite of yours, too.
For a printable copy of the recipe you can find it on my recipe blog by clicking HERE.
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23 comments:

  1. I adore the Szechuan kitchen...so flavourful and delicious. Your green bean stir-fry looks marvelous!

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  2. I could eat a bowl of these by myself!
    I'll be making these this week... another friday's favorite :-)

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  3. I love beans and ANYTHING Chinese. I actually help out at my friend's Chinese restaurant once a week. Is szechuan a way to describe the provience that it originates? My friend thinks that it's anything spicy/involving chilli.

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  4. String beans szechuan style?? Interesting..your beans look so crisp and beautiful!

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  5. Simple and healthy dish! Love it!

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  6. Mary, I love Asian green beans with pork. Can't wait to try your version.

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  7. I love Szechuan food!

    Happy blogoversary :)

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  8. Yum - and wouldn't you know it? I just bought a quart of green beans fresh from the farm!!!

    I'm soo excited!! Thanks!
    Leann

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  9. OMG, yum! I'll definitely have to make this once our (barely growing) Blue Lake green beans climb the poles and fruit later this summer. Can't wait!

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  10. I adore string beans szechuan style with that tender supple crisp and the hot spice. this looks like a great recipe for the upcoming green bean season.

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  11. Those green beans look delicious. I can't wait to check out the recipe!

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  12. Mmmmm those look so tasty! And now to find this cranberry martini I just saw in your "sampling of my food" slide show... :D

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  13. What a delicious way to use the green beans that are now in abundance in the farmers market. I'm looking forward to trying this. How are your chickens, Mari? I wish I had a nice little chicken house in my backyard, but I think the HOA would have choice words about that.

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  14. Love this dish. I know my family has never had green beans like this...thanks for the recipe. We are definitely going to try this!

    Do you find a significant difference in the texture of the green beans between deep frying them and just sauteing them?

    jessyburke88@gmail.com

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  16. I love this recipe! Green beans are always a great side dish!

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  17. This is one of my absolute favorite dishes and your photos really make it come to life. Thanks.

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  18. Mmmm, I'm thinking I could eat a whole batch of this by myself! Looks fabulous!

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  19. That looks delicious! I have always wanted to make this dish but it always seemed too much trouble. I will definitely give your healthier option a go.

    Best wishes,
    Natasha.

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  20. Those photos just took my breath away... and that recipe went right into my files. really great recipe. I do wish I could weasel a few recipes out of my favorite chinese place to make them more healthfully... these beans are one of my favorites. Can't wait to try it!

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  21. I am not a green bean fan but this is the one way that I can eat them until I burst. Absolutely delicious!

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  22. This is a nice way to use string beans. Lovely and it really looks delicious. I am going to give this a try! Thanks for sharing.

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  23. This is a nice way to use string beans. Lovely and it really looks delicious. I am going to give this a try! Thanks for sharing.

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