Si Ji Dou (Szechuan) Green Beans (干煸四季豆)

Ingredients

1. Green Beans
2. Grapeseed Oil (3tbsp + 1tbsp)
3. Shaoxing Wine (1tbsp)
4. Soy Sauce (2tbsp)
5. Szechuan Peppercorns (花椒 - 1 tbsp)
6. Garlic (4 cloves)
7. Ginger (2 tubes)
8. Hot Peppers (4, cut)
9. Sui Mi Ya Cai (碎米芽菜) (2 small spoonfuls)

Instructions

1. Cut the ends off the green beans
2. Cook the green beans in the grapeseed oil. Remove from oil.
3. Put small amount of oil in pan along with Szechuan peppercorns. This will open the peppercorns and heat them up.
4. Add the dried red peppers, garlic, and ginger to the pan.
5. Add the Sui Mi Ya Cai.
6. Add the Shaoxing wine + Soy Sauce
7. Add back the green beans into the mixture.

Notes for next time

1. Too much oil made the green beans too soggy
2. The peppercorns were not cooked and crispy enough. Cook them in little to no oil until they are darker to get them more crispy.
3. The dish was not spicy enough. To increase the spice, try cutting the peppers (letting the seeds out)
4. Not salty enough. Add a little salt at the end

Cook 2 Notes

1. Oil was too hot when adding flavor ingredients and quickly burnt

Cook 3 Notes

1. Too much time between 1st cook and 2nd made the green beans too
2. I left too much oil in the pan for the second cook