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.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 1 bundle yardlong beans ((Chinese long beans))
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1/2 tbsp white pepper
- 1 tbsp Chinese rice cooking wine
- 1+1/2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1+1/2 tbsp Chinese olive vegetable
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 clove garlic ((finely minced))
- 3 slice ginger
Instructions
- 1
In a medium bowl, marinate the ground pork with 1½ tablespoons of soy sauce, white pepper, cooking wine and mix well and set aside.
- 2
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.
- 3
Finely mince the garlic and slice the ginger and set it aside.
- 4
In a wok or frying pan, set the stove to high heat and add about 3 tablespoons of oil
- 5
Once the oil is hot, add in the ginger and toast it until it has turned golden. (approximately 1-2 minutes)
- 6
Add in the garlic and brown for 30 seconds
- 7
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.
- 8
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.
- 9
Re-heat the wok or frying pan to high heat with 1-2 tablespoons of oil.
- 10
Once the oil is hot, add in the beans (be careful if your beans are wet they may splatter)
- 11
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.
- 12
Add in 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and continue to stir fry for 20 seconds
- 13
Add back in the cooked pork and add the olive vegetables as well. Stir fry for a few more minutes and plate it.
- 14
Serve hot with a side of rice or noodles