SZECHUAN STYLE FRENCH BEANS

300g French beans, topped & tailed

3 tbsp minced pork/chicken

1 tbsp dried prawns, chopped

1 tbsp minced garlic

1/4 cup water mixed with 1 tspn corn flour

1 stalk spring onions, chopped

Oil for deep frying

Sauce ingredients: 2 tspn malted, black rice vinegar, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tbspn light soy sauce, 1 tspn black soy sauce, salt to taste, 1/2 cup water

1) Heat up oil for deep frying until smoking. Very quickly deep-fry french beans until skin blisters, about 1 minute. Remove and drain.

2) Cut fried beans into two. Leave aside.

3) Leave about 2 tbspn oil in the wok. Fry minced garlic and prawns until garlic is lightly brown.m n dried prawns are fragrant.

4) Add in sauce ingredients, cover and let it simmer for about 1-2?minutes or water has reduced by half.

5) Stir in cornflour mixture n let sauce thickens.

6) Add in fried french beans n spring onions.

7) Toss to mix well; remove and place on serving plate.