Stir Fried Snake Beans with Beef

Snake beans / string beans or sitaw is one of my favourite green vegetables. It is delicious stir fried, on curries, stews or adobo! It has a crunchy texture and slightly sweet flavour when cooked! I am so pleased to see snake beans at the farmer's market here in Australia and delighted to cook one of my favourite meal I missed from home. You can cook this dish as vegetarian or replace the beef with pork or tofu. There are several recipe variations to this dish and this is my own version of it. As most of my home cooked meals Hubby liked it too (actually he have no choice)! Haha!

Ingredients

1 bunch snake beans, trimmed and cut into 2 inches

200g lean minced beef

1 small red onion, sliced

2 cloves garlic, chopped

1 Tbsp sunflower oil

1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar

2 Tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp sesame oil

1/4 cup water
Salt and Pepper

1. Heat 1 Tbsp oil into saucepan. Sauté garlic and onion for 1 minute. Remove from pan and set aside.

2. Return saucepan to medium high heat and add the beef. Cook, breaking up mince for 2 minutes or until browned.

3. Add the snake beans and stir fry for 2-3 minutes. Add rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil , water and the onion and garlic.

4. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 mins. Stir to combine, add salt and pepper to taste and remove from heat. Do not overcook. Snake beans should still have bright dark green colour and crunchy.

Serve hot! Delicious on its own or serve with steamed rice!

Enjoy!

farrahlicious

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Shopping tip: When buying snake beans, look for firm beans with no yellowing. Use within two or three days, otherwise they will lose their texture.