Szechuan Vegetable Stir Fry

Yield:  4 Servings

Ingredients

1-2 cups fresh green beans

1 cup shishito peppers

½ cup oil (canola, peanut, avocado or high heat oil)

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 teaspoons ginger, minced

½ onion, sliced

5-6 Szechuan peppercorns

1 teaspoon dried chili pepper flakes

Combine for sauce:

1 tablespoon sesame oil

1 teaspoon chili oil

1 teaspoon fish sauce

1/8 cup soy sauce

1 tablespoon rice vinegar

1 teaspoon sugar

Sesame seeds and microgreens for garish

Method

1. Wash the beans and shishito peppers and dry off.
2. Heat up oil in wok (or you can use a small deep pot) until you can see light smoke on the surface over high fire.
3. Add beans and shishito peppers and fry for 3-4 minutes over medium heat.
4. Stirring occasionally. They will be well deep-fried when they are wilting, and the skin is turning dark in color. Transfer out of the pan and set aside.
5. Add ginger, garlic, onion, Szechuan pepper and dried chili pepper.
6. Fry 1 minute.
7. Return the beans and shishito along with sauce ingredients: sesame oil, chili oil, fish sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar and sugar.
8. Fry until everything is well combined. Serve hot!
9. Garnish with microgreens and sesame seeds.

Enjoy!