Green Beans Recipe

Ingredients

1,3 lb (600 g) green beans

½ small onion

2 garlic cloves

1 tbsp chili flakes

1 tsp soy sauce

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tsp fish sauce

1 tsp vinegar

½ tsp caster sugar

½ tsp tomato paste

1 cup (240 ml) vegetable oil

Method

First make the XO sauce. In a small cup add the soy sauce, the oyster sauce, the fish sauce, the chili flakes, the caster sugar, the vinegar and the tomato paste.

Whisk all these ingredients into a smooth sauce and put it aside until needed later.

Rinse the green beans well and trim them.

Pour the vegetable oil in a large non-stick skillet or wok and place it over high heat. Once the oil is hot, add the green beans in badges.

Fry the green beans for 3 to 4 minutes until they start to wrinkle. Remove the fried beans from the pan and let them drain on a piece of kitchen paper. Add a new badge of green beans to the oil until they are all fried.

n the meantime peel and chop the onion and garlic. Once all the green beans are fried, discard most of the hot oil but leave just a little splash of it in the pan. Turn the heat to medium. Now add the freshly chopped garlic and onion.

Cook over medium heat for 1 minute until fragrant. Add the fried green beans again. Stir fry the veg for a couple of seconds. Now pour in the homemade XO sauce mixture you put aside.

tir well to coat the beans evenly. Take the pan off the heat and transfer the spicy fried beans to a serving dish. Serve piping hot.