#Side Dish Recipe# Braised Flat Beans with Savory Minced Meat
Early autumn brings tender hyacinth beans, which make a perfectly savory, saucy dish when braised with minced pork or pork slices. This classic local home staple never gets old, and if you like spice, adding a spoon of Pixian doubanjiang will have you clearing every last grain of rice off your plate in no time.
Ingredients
- 150g hyacinth beans
- 100g minced pork
Aromatics & Seasonings
- Appropriate amount of garlic
- Appropriate amount of ginger
- Appropriate amount of scallions
- 1 spoon seafood sauce
- Appropriate amount of oyster sauce
- Appropriate amount of Pixian doubanjiang
- Appropriate amount of salt
- Appropriate amount of cooking oil
Ingredients
flat beans
150g
minced meat
100g
garlic
as needed
ginger
as needed
scallions
as needed
seafood sauce
1 tbsp
oyster sauce
a pinch
Pixian doubanjiang
a pinch
salt
as needed
cooking oil
as needed
Instructions
1
Step 1
Pick the flat beans and remove the strings as shown in the picture, wash them thoroughly and set aside.
2
Step 2
Prepare the minced meat — you can use pork belly or pork front leg, with some fatty pieces. Mince the ginger, scallions, and garlic.
3
Step 3
Heat oil in a pan, sauté the ginger, scallions, and garlic until fragrant, then add the Pixian doubanjiang and seafood sauce and stir-fry until aromatic. Use low heat and cook for just a few seconds.
4
Step 4
Add the minced meat and stir-fry until it changes color. Stir-fry a bit longer to render out the fat from the fatty pieces — this makes it more fragrant. This step also removes any gaminess from the meat, so once it's aromatic, braising the beans will be delicious.
5
Step 5
Add the flat beans and stir to combine, add an appropriate amount of water, cover and braise until the beans are tender, then season and serve.
6
Step 6
The sauce is already salty, so add salt sparingly. Savory and flavorful — especially great with rice!
7
Step 7
Finished dish.
