Stir-fried French Beans with Shiitake Mushrooms

Delicious stir-fried dishes that are easy to make are indispensable dishes in daily meals, especially for people who try to consume more vegetables in their diet. Today, I will introduce to you stir-fried French beans with fresh shiitake mushrooms. All the necessary ingredients are easy to find at Aldis. This dish will surely enrich the meal for those of you who want to eat more green vegetables. 

 Ingredients:

For 2 servings  

3 cups green beans (300gr)

2 cups shitake mushrooms 

4 garlic cloves, minced

Stir-fry sauce ingredients:

1/4 cup water

1 tbs hoisin sauce

2 tbs soy sauce

1/2 tbs sugar or honey

1/8 tsp black pepper

1 tsp mushroom seasoning

Other ingredients:

Cooking oil

Salt

Garnish with chopped cilantro

Serve with rice

Directions:

Remove the hard head of the green beans. However, if you buy the French beans at Aldis, they already remove this part for you. Cut the green beans into 2 inch lengths. Wash and dry. Boil the beans in boiling water with some salt until they are 50% cooked. Take them out and drain in cold water.

Combine the sauce ingredients and mix well set aside.

Mushrooms should be washed and dried. 

Heat 2 tbs oil in a pan. Sauté the garlic until fragrant. Add the mushrooms and stir-fry the mushrooms for 1 minute. I like to sprinkle a pinch of salt on the mushrooms (optional).  Add boiled green beans. Stir well and add the sauce. Cook over high heat until the sauce is reduced in half.

If you want to thicken the sauce, mix 1 tsp cornstarch with 2 tbs water and add in to the stir-fried green beans. Adjust the seasoning.

Sprinkle chopped cilantro and serve.

A variation for this dish is to add tomato. With this recipe, just add one large tomato. 

Wash the tomato, remove the seeds, use only the flesh, and cut into bite-sized squares. Add this just a few minutes before the green beans are done.