Ningbo-style roasted cowpeas with green beans—a truly delicious and easy-to-make home-style dish! Using a glutinous variety of cowpeas, seasoned with light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, aged vinegar, and sugar, then cooked with a touch of oil, the cowpeas absorb the sauce beautifully. They become soft and chewy, with a complex flavor profile of salty, savory, and sweet-sour, becoming more flavorful with each bite. This dish is not only rich in texture but also goes perfectly with rice. The ingredients are common, it's simple to make, and incredibly fragrant—perfect for everyday meals! (Note: The cowpeas shrank a lot after cooking, so I needed a huge handful! (ง•̀_•́)ง)
Materials
Oil
Appropriate amount
Glutinous beans (a type of glutinous bean)
1. A lot
Light soy sauce
2 tablespoons
Dark soy sauce
1 tablespoon
Aged vinegar
2 tablespoons
White sugar
1 tablespoon
👩🍳 Ningbo Braised Green Beans with Green Beans (Home-Style Dish) Recipe Steps
Step 1
Wash the green beans thoroughly, cut them into hand-length pieces, pour oil into a pan, heat the oil, and then add the green beans.
Step 2
Stir-fry for 5 minutes
Step 3
Pour in the seasonings
Step 4
Stir-fry evenly
Step 5
⚠️Absolutely do not add water (✋°д°) The seasonings contain moisture, and the green beans will also release water when heated. Don't worry, just simmer on the lowest heat with the lid on for 30 minutes.
Step 6
The sauce reduced to a very dark consistency this time, so it didn't color very well. 😂
