Mac Nut Chinese Long Beans Food

SICHUAN STYLE STIR-FRIED CHINESE LONG BEANS

Steps:

• Add the oil, stir-fry the chilies and peppers: Add a tablespoon of peanut oil to a wok or a large sauté pan over medium heat and swirl until hot. Add chilies and peppers and stir-fry briefly until fragrant.
• Add the long beans, salt, and sugar: Add the long beans and stir-fry vigorously for 3 to 4 minutes. (You don't want the spices to burn. If they start to then turn down the heat a bit). Season with salt and sugar and stir-fry a few seconds more to mix it all together.
• Stir in the sesame oil and soy sauce: Remove from heat. Stir in the sesame oil and soy sauce. Serve immediately.

GLAZED CHINESE LONG BEANS

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling water, blanch long beans for 2 minutes until slightly tender. Allow to cool.
• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add butter. Add scallions, ginger and garlic. Mix together. Add red pepper flakes and long beans. Allow to cook for a few minutes. Stir in chicken stock, honey and sesame oil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and add sesame seeds, if desired. Mix together.

RED CURRY CHICKEN WITH SNAKE BEANS (LONG BEANS)

Steps:

• Heat a tablespoon of vegetable oil in a wok over medium-high heat. As the oil is heating (before it gets to full heat), add curry paste, and 1 cup of the broth, stirring until smooth. (Reserve the remaining broth to add to the wok if mixture becomes dry and curry begins to sizzle on the bottom of the wok.) Continue heating and stirring until the curry becomes fragrant and the wok has reached full heat, 1-2 minutes.
• Add chicken and stir fry until just cooked through, about 4 minutes.
• Add green beans, peppercorns, kaffir lime leaves, shallots, palm sugar, fish sauce and stir quickly to combine. Continue cooking for 2 minutes. If mixture becomes dry, add additional broth, ¼ cup at a time. (Mixture should be smooth but should thick enough to coat the other ingredients.).
• Add basil and cook just until basil begins to wilt, about 1 minute. Remove from heat and serve immediately.

GLAZED CHINESE LONG BEANS(OR GREEN BEANS)

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling water, blanch long beans for 2 minutes until slightly tender. Allow to cool.
• If you like your beans crunchy, skip the blanching.
• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add butter. Add scallions, ginger and garlic. Mix together. Add red pepper flakes and long beans. Allow to cook for a few minutes.
• Stir in stock, honey and sesame oil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and add sesame seeds, if desired. Mix together.

SZECHUAN LONG BEANS

Steps:

• heat wok on high.
• add oil, until hot.
• add long beans in batches and stir fry until softened, set aside.
• drain all but 2 tbsp oil in wok.
• add all ingredients until sauce thickens.
• add long beans and serve.

SPICY STIR-FRIED CHINESE LONG BEANS WITH PEANUTS

Steps:

• Cook untrimmed beans in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until just tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer with tongs to a large bowl of ice and cold water to stop cooking, then drain in a colander and pat dry with paper towels. Trim beans and cut crosswise into 3/4-inch pieces.
• Meanwhile, pulse peanuts in a food processor until about half of peanuts are finely ground and remainder are in very large pieces (do not grind to a paste).
• Stir together soy sauce, chiles, and salt in a small bowl.
• Heat wok over high heat until a bead of water dropped onto cooking surface evaporates immediately. Add oil, swirling to coat wok, then add garlic and stir-fry until garlic begins to turn pale golden, about 5 seconds. Add peanuts, and stir-fry until all of mixture is golden, about 30 seconds. Add beans, and stir-fry until hot and well coated, about 2 minutes. Remove wok from heat, then stir in soy sauce mixture and shallot, stirring until shallot has wilted. Drizzle in lime juice and season with salt, then transfer to a bowl. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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MAC NUT CHINESE LONG BEANS

Steps:

• Place rough chop mac nuts in pan with olive oil and butter & turn burner on as low as low can go. Leave it there the longer the better, I usually leave for an hour while making the rest of dinner.
• Leave long beans long or cut into smaller bite size pieces. Crank up the heat and add long beans. Do a quick stir fry for 4-5 minutes (or longer if you prefer a more cooked veggie).
• Remove to serving dish. Garnish with green end of green onion sliced on the diagonal. Perhaps another sprinkle of chopped mac nuts, too.