Chinese home cooking

Dry-Fried Green Beans with Chiles

Name: Dry-Fried Green Beans with Chiles
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: green beans; dried chiles; garlic; scallions; Sichuan peppercorns; 1 spoonful Weijixian-style soy sauce; a little salt; sugar; MSG; 1 spoonful chili powder; sesame seeds; cooking oil

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Blistered green beans are tossed with dried chiles, Sichuan peppercorns, garlic and sesame.

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Also known as Dry-fried green beans.

Published 2026-10-12

Wrinkled green bean sections with dark dried chiles and sesame. — Dry-Fried Green Beans with Chiles

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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

green beans
dried chiles
garlic
scallions
Sichuan peppercorns
1 spoonfulWeijixian-style soy sauce
a littlesalt
sugar
MSG
1 spoonfulchili powder
sesame seeds
cooking oil

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Ingredient Notes

The source calls for thoroughly dry beans before frying.

Step-by-Step Instructions

01
Dry the surface of the green beans thoroughly. Fry in oil until blistered and cooked, then remove.
02
Heat oil in another pan and fry dried chiles, garlic, scallions and Sichuan peppercorns until fragrant.
03
Return the beans and add soy sauce, a little salt, sugar and MSG. Stir-fry to season.
04
Add chili powder, stir-fry, then scatter sesame seeds over the beans and toss.

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Cooking Method

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