Pork Stir Fry with Green Beans
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Pork Stir Fry with Green Beans
Description
This Pork Stir Fry with Green Beans features green beans charred quickly over high heat to develop a smoky flavor and maintain a crisp-tender texture. Ground pork is cooked with finely chopped onion, garlic, and ginger sautéed until aromatic and golden. The sauce combines dark soy for depth, Shaoxing wine for authentic savory notes, sugar to balance flavors, and chili garlic sauce for mild heat and complexity.
The method layers cooking steps to maximize flavor and texture: charring beans separately, sautéing aromatics, then quickly stir-frying pork with sauce before combining all elements. The finished dish offers tender, flavorful pork with smoky crunchy green beans coated in a savory, slightly spicy sauce.
Serve over your choice of rice to soak up the sauce and balance the spiced elements. Garnishing with sliced mild red chili adds a fresh, colorful contrast but is optional.
For best results, thaw and dry frozen beans before charring for crispness. Finely chopping rather than mincing garlic and ginger helps prevent burning during high-heat stir-frying. Substitutions for sauce ingredients are noted, including light soy or chicken stock in place of some elements. Using frozen cooked rice is a quick serving option.
Ingredients
- 300g / 10oz green beans (Note 1)
- 220g / 7 oz pork mince (Note 2)
- 1/2 onion finely chopped (about 1/2 cup, small
- 2 garlic finely chopped (Note 3, cloves
- 2 tsp ginger , finely chopped (Note 3)
- 2 1/2 tbsp peanut oil (or vegetable or canola)
Sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce (Note 4)
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine Note 5 for subs, Chinese cooking wine
- 1 tsp white sugar (sub any sugar or faux sugar)
- 1 1/2 tsp + Chili garlic sauce Note 6
For serving
- rice of choice
- red chilli sliced
Instructions
- Sauce - Mix Sauce ingredients in a bowl.
- Trim the stem end of the beans, then chop into 2 - 2.5cm / 4/5 - 1" pieces.
- Char Beans: Heat 1 1/2 tbsp oil in a heavy based skillet over high heat (I use cast iron) until smoking. Add beans, spread out to cover base. Leave for 1 minute. Quick stir, spread out, cook for 30 seconds. Stir, then leave for 30 seconds, then repeat once more (so 2 1/2 minutes in total cook time) until beans are charred but tender crisp (not withered and floppy). Remove into bowl.
- Sauté aromatics - Turn heat down to medium high, add 1 tbsp oil. Add onion, then garlic and ginger. Cook for 1 minute until edges of onion are golden.
- Cook pork - Turn heat back up to high. Add pork and cook, breaking it up as you go. Cook for 2 minutes until the pork is cooked through, then add Sauce. Cook for 30 seconds, then add beans and stir for another 30 seconds.
- Serve over rice. Garnish with slices of large red chilli (it's mild), entirely optional. To eat, mix the pork into the rice then eat it with a spoon - forget chopsticks for this one! (For a low carb, low cal option, try Cauliflower Rice)
Notes
- Use fresh or thawed and patted-dry frozen green beans for the best char and crispness.
- Chop garlic and ginger finely instead of mincing to avoid burning on high heat.
- Dark soy sauce gives more color and flavor than light or all-purpose soy but substitutes can be used.
- Shaoxing wine adds authentic flavor; substitute with chicken stock and longer cooking if unavailable.
- Adjust chili garlic sauce to taste; it’s mildly spicy but can be swapped with other hot sauces.
- Cook and freeze rice ahead to save time; reheat by microwaving with a little water and cover to steam.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 2-3
Amount Per Serving
Calories 350 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 199g | |
| Calories | 350cal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 12g | 4% |
| Protein | 15g | 30% |
| Fat | 27g | 42% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5g | 29% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Cholesterol | 53mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 506mg | 21% |
| Potassium | 475mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 696IU | 14% |
| Vitamin C | 15mg | 17% |
| Calcium | 57mg | 6% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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