Stir Fry French Bean with Dried Shrimp - Asian Chinese Style

Today we are going to cook this simple "Stir Fry French Bean with Dried Shrimp". All material are easily available in the Asia market. This is a very appetizing recipes,  it goes well with rice.

What are these? These were dried shrimp. In Asia these dried shrimp are very common. By looking at the pictures, you can already tell the different. We bought the really fresh dried shrimp from Tanjung Sepetang, it is the highest quality & not too salty. Heard that these dried shrimp was imported to South Korea to make kimchi too. Don't forget to buy the dried shrimp from the local fisherman.
Check out my trip to Tanjung Sepetang:
http://fabulouscake.blogspot.com/search?q=kuala+sepetang

In this recipes, you will need the mushroom sauces, I find it quite handy to use pre-prepared minced mushroom sauce for saute. This is optional, you do not need use it if you don't have. Just replace the minced mushroom with minced meat.

Ingredients:

200-250g  french beans

3 cloves of garlic, sliced

1-2 tbsp of dried shrimp

1-2 tbsp of the minced mushroom sauces or replaced this with 50g of minced meat

1 tbsp of soy sauces

1 -2 chili padi, sliced finely (optional, if you like spicy)

Approx 1/4 cup of water

1tbsp of vegetable oil for saute

Method:

1) Wash & cut the french beans into 1.5 inches length.

2) Heat wok with oil, saute the garlic & dried shrimp with medium heat for 1 min.

3) Add in the minced mushroom sauces/ minced meat & chili padi , continue to stir fry for another 1 min.

4)Add in the rest- french beans, water, soy sauces. Let it simmers with medium high heat until it is fairly dry.

5)Salt is unnecessary because the dried shrimp is actually quite salty. You can add in a little bit salt if you have a heavy taste bud. 

6) To decide: pick one of the french bean out of the wok & eat. You will know.