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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Stir fried bacon french beans

I picked up a huge 2lb bag of french beans from Costco. They are like green beans, but thinner, and a little more crispy. The freshness is refreshing. So I do a stir fry with it, and some cooked bacon, also from Costco.

Recipe: Stir fried bacon french beans (for 3-4)

Ingredients:
- 3/4 lb french beans, washed and shaken off all water
- 5 pieces of cooked bacon, heated and absorbed off any excess fat with paper towel
- 1/4 of a boneless chicken breast
- 0.5 tp broad bean paste
- 1 tp hoisin sauce
- 1 tp sesame oil
- 4 TB oil
- sriracha hot chili sauce, to taste

Procedure:
1. In a saucer, mix broad bean paste with hoisin sauce and sesame oil.
2. Cut chicken breast into 1" to 2" pieces. Pad dry. Fry chicken on high heat in a small amount of oil (about 1 tp) until mostly cooked. Add to the chicken the sauce mixture and cook until the sauce is caramelized on the chicken surface. Set apart.
3. Tear cooked bacon into bite size pieces.
4. Heat the remaining oil in a flat non-stick pan on high heat. Add french beans to fry on high heat (about 1 minute). When the beans have lightly brightened in color, add the chicken pieces and bacon. Stir to mix. Then add in about 1 TB of hot chili sauce. Stir to mix.
5. Serve hot right off the pan.

My husband exclaimed that this is such a creative combination while soaking it down! He really loves the contrast between the bacon and the crispy spicy french beans.

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