I was recently given some homegrown runner beans by a friend and remembered a recipe my mum cooked last year when she came to visit us in Summer using mangetout beans, so I am sharing the recipe here for you to try. You can omit the prawns for mushrooms and swap the anchovies granules for vegetable stock granules if you want to make this dish a vegetarian dish. I served the stir-fry runner beans with Sambal Belancan (spicy sambal), Portuguese Beef Semur and Tuna Cutlet for dinner.
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Ingredients
- Runner Beans (Topped, tailed and cut into 1 inch length)
- Small Onions, quartered
- 2-3 Garlic Pips, sliced
- 1 inch Ginger Julienne
- A Small piece of Stock Cube (Vegetable or Anchovies) - I have used a quarter size of the square mixed with 1 cup water
- Fresh Prawns (or substitute it for fresh Mushrooms)
- 2 tbsp White Sesame Seeds
- 1 tbsp Sesame Oil
- 2-3 tsp Light Sauce
- Pinch of White Pepper
- Pinch of Salt
Instructions
1. Toast the Sesame Seeds on heated dry pan until the seeds get nice and golden in colour
2. Add a tablespoon of oil in pan, stir fry the quarteres onions, julienne ginger and sliced garlic for a few minutes until it softens
3. Add in fresh prawns (I have used cooked and frozen) and stir fry. You can sub this for fresh mushrooms if you want it to be fully vegetarian.
4. Stir in the runner beans
5. Mix in light sauce, salt, white pepper, sesame oil and give it a quick stir. Then add in the vegetable or anchovies (ikan bilis) stock which has been diluted in hot water.
6. Taste for seasoning and serve on to plate. Lastly sprinkle the sesame seed on top.
16 comments
Ohhh that looks lovely and tasty, perfect for this colder weather too! I haven’t made a stir fry in ages, this has totally inspired me, especially to try one with runner beans! 🙂 Sim x
Hope you do and yes always nice to have stir-fry no matter the weather
Oh now this sounds absolutely delicious – I have to admit I’ve not had a stir fry for ages, I definitely need to try and give this one a whirl.
Hope you do Sarah as it is nice to give recipes a twist and cook something different
This sounds amazing I love runner beans but not tried them cooked this way
Hope you give this recipe a go
These have my mouth watering, they sound like the most delicious side dish! I love runner beans but find it hard to get the family to eat them – they may just try them this way!
They are in season now and if you have an abundance of them, this is a good way to get your kids to eat them
I love Chinese food and have been making more at home throughout lockdown. Thanks for the great recipe, I’ll definitely try making the veggie version.
Hope you do give it a go, it is easy to make this at home once you have the ingredients
These look delicious – funny how sesame seeds seem to make almost any food taste better, isn’t it?
I agree, especially if you toast them
Oo these sound so delicious and packed full of flavour! I never really know what to do with runner beans so this is a great recipe to try, thanks for sharing it! x
You are welcome, hope you give this recipe a go
This looks so good. I’m always looking for different ideas for runner beans as they’re not my favourite, but I’ll definitely be saving this recipe to try out!
I agree, runner beans can be not very tasty, but do try cooking it this way and you will enjoy eating it