French Beans with Spicy Dried Shrimps
May 11, 2008 – 3:04 pm by wiffyI am just recovering from some sort of horrible strange flu/food poisoning (will spare u the gross details, since this is a food blog, haa) so there was no cooking this week! My taste buds seem all messed up too, as I think that most things taste really bland and different (in a weird way) :P. So I shall talk less today … & on to my post!
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This is a tasty and easy to whip up stir fry dish - perfect for busy nights where I decided to cook, yet there isn’t much time to do anything too elaborate. This goes really well with fluffy white warm rice!

French Beans with Spicy Dried Shrimps (”Hei Bi Hiam”)
Ingredients
(Serves 2)
- 200g French Beans
- 1 to 2 chilli padi, de-seeded, sliced
- 2 tbsp dried shrimps (aka ‘Hei Bi’), soaked in a small bowl of water till slightly softened, then drain the water
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Directions
1. Using either a grinder or just a kitchen knife & chopping board, chop the chilli and dried shrimps until fine (see photo above).
2. Align the french beans vertically on the chopping board so that their ends stand on the same height & trim the ends. Ditto for the other side. Then cut the beans to approx. 1-2cm lengths.
3. Heat oil in wok and stir fry the chopped dried shrimps & chilli, as well as garlic, till dried shrimps are light brown.
4. Add the french beans in the wok and stir fry over medium high fire for approximately 5 minutes till the beans are cooked and the dried shrimps turn a dark brownish hue. Serve with fluffy warm rice.
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I’m sending this dish over to Laurie from Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska (where you can find photos of good food AND gorgeous Alaska scenery) for this week’s Weekend Herb Blogging.
My Other French Bean Stir-Fry Dishes:
- French Beans with Egg
- French Beans in Pine Nuts & Mangoes
Tags: french beans, garlic, hei bi hiam, olive oil, spicy dried shrimps, Stir Fry
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