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    Szechuan Green Beans

    Published: Mar 16, 2023 · Modified: Oct 31, 2023 by Carolyn Hetke · This post may contain affiliate links,

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    Szechuan Green Beans make a very interesting Chinese dish - better than take out!

    Schezuan fried green beans with ginger ground pork in a dish.

    I find Chinese food is a great way to mix up wintry recipes with heavy vegetables like squash, beets, potatoes etc.

    The Lunar New Year comes at just the right time - late January. I made a couple of Chinese inspired meals and the stir fries and rice were a welcome change!

    Chef's Tips

    • This dish is full of flavour. There is not a lot of runny sauce if you drain the ground pork. It was actually a welcome change since so many of the other dishes on the menu had sauces.
    • You could increase the amount of pork if you want to make the dish closer to a main dish. I increased the pork and left the sauce amounts as indicated in the recipe and it was totally flavourful. So you can adjust the pork amount to suit your taste.

    How To Serve

    Here are the other dishes I served with this one.

    • Lemoncello Chicken
    • Vegetable Fried Rice
    • Stir Fried Chinese Bok Choy with Garlic
    lemoncello chicken
    Lemon Chicken
    close up of vegetable fried rice with green onions, red pepper.
    Stir Fried Rice
    Stir fried Chinese Bok Choy with mushrooms, celery and cucumber plated with chop sticks.
    Garlic Bok Choy

    Wine Pairing for Szechuan Green Beans

    Pairing wine with the sweetness of Chinese food can be tricky. My go to is a Gewurztraminer wine.  Alsace France sets the standard for Gewurztraminer. They tend to be off dry with good acidity and very aromatic. Ontario makes a decent one as well but quite a softer style than the Alsation. Give Pelee Islands Gewurztraminer a try if you are inclined. Gewurztraminer is a very specific taste however and may not be for all palates.  It does pair with Chinese or Thai foods because it is off dry and a good one will have a nice sugar/acid balance so it is not cloying.

    Other choices would be an off-dry Riesling for the same reasons, that they are usually just off dry, with balancing acid and fruitiness that would complement the lemon sauce.

    Chardonnay would typically be too dry but a wine that is described as aromatic and rich should be fruity enough to stand up to the sauce.  Something like Hob Nob Chardonnay could work with this dish too.

    Schezuan fried green beans with ginger ground pork in a dish.

    Szechuan Green Beans

    Full of flavour, this makes a great addition to a Chinese style meal.
    Author: Carolyn Hetke

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    Course: Side Dish
    Cuisine: Chinese
    Prep Time: 12 minutes mins
    Cook Time: 15 minutes mins
    Servings: 4 servings

    Ingredients

    Sauce

    • 2 Tbsps soy sauce
    • 2 Tbsps water
    • 1 tsp sugar
    • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
    • ¼ teaspoon white pepper
    • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
    • ¼ teaspoon dry mustard

    Green Beans

    • 2 Tbsps vegetable oil
    • 1 lb green beans trimmed and cut in 2" pieces
    • ½ lb ground pork See note 1.
    • 3 cloves garlic minced
    • 1 tablespoon ginger minced
    • 3 green onions optional
    • 1 teaspoon sesame oil optional

    Instructions

    Sauce

    • Mix all the sauce ingedients in a jar and shake well. Set aside.

    Green Beans

    • Heat vegetable oil, over high heat, in a large non-stick skillet until smoking. Add the beans and cook until tender-crisp and blackened in spots. Stir frequently so they don't burn. This may take 5-8 minutes. If beans appear to be burning reduce the heat.
    • Transfer beans to a plate. Reduce heat to medium high. Add the pork to the skillet and fry, breaking pork into small uniform pieces. Cook 3-4 minutes until pork is no longer pink. Add the ginger and garlic and cook 1 minute. Drain off any excess fat or liquid from the pork.
    • Shake the sauce to recombine, add the beans to the skillet with the pork. Add the sauce and cook a minute or so till sauce is slightly thickened.
    • Serve garnished with green beans and sesame oil if desired.

    Notes

    Note 1:  I used a full pound of pork which made the dish more substantial, closer to a main dish style.  No need to adjust the sauce amounts indicated in the recipe - the pork was still very flavourful.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 264kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 333mg | Potassium: 477mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 951IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 2mg
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