Stir-fried Green Beans with Two Chili Peppers
Red chili pepper: warms the middle digestive region per traditional Chinese medicine principles
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This simple, comforting Chinese home-style stir-fry is a staple weeknight meal for many households, featuring crisp, fresh green beans cooked with two types of chili peppers for a bright, mildly spicy flavor. The red chili used in this dish is traditionally valued in Chinese culinary and wellness practices for its warming properties that support healthy digestion, making this quick, approachable dish both delicious and aligned with traditional dietary wellness principles.
Ingredients
Instructions
Step 1
Ingredients: hyacinth beans, light bell peppers, red bell peppers
Step 2
Pick off the stems and wash the hyacinth beans thoroughly.
Step 3
Set aside after draining.
Step 4
Remove the stems and seeds from the light bell peppers and red bell peppers, then rinse them.
Step 5
Place them on a cutting board and cut into thin strips, then set aside.
Step 6
Next, blanch the picked and washed hyacinth beans in boiling water for 2 minutes, then remove them.
Step 7
Heat a pan, add oil and heat until hot, then add the blanched hyacinth beans and stir-fry briefly.
Step 8
Then, add the sliced light bell peppers and red bell peppers and stir-fry well.
Step 9
Then, add a small amount of salt.
Step 10
Add a small amount of chicken bouillon powder.
Step 11
Season, stir-fry evenly, and it is ready.
Step 12
Remove from the wok, and transfer to a serving plate.