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
Posted in Blog Events, Recipes, Stir Fry, Veggies, WHB
14 Responses to “French Beans with Spicy Dried Shrimps”
This is really easy to whip up on busy nights. I like to stir fry with dried shrimps, simply delicious.
By didally on May 11, 2008
I’ve never seen beans cut like you have, but I really like them - they look almost like peas. I also love the spicy seasonings and am so glad you entered this in Weekend Herb Blogging!
By Laurie Constantino on May 11, 2008
Wiffy, it looks delicious
Thank you for your comments, I replied here:
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p.s. Because of you I’m thining now of making my own emoticons, hehe… when I get some free time
By Coffee and Vanilla on May 11, 2008
Wow, I just noticed that now, we have the same Ikea placemat
By Coffee and Vanilla on May 11, 2008
Sorry you haven’t felt well, Wiffy. Stomach ailments can be very nasty.
Are the dried shrimp salty or fermented? I’ve always been curious about them. This dish looks really tasty, fresh and quick. Fine photos, as usual.
By Susan on May 11, 2008
Looks fabulous–love those chilies in there
By bleeding espresso on May 12, 2008
This sounds tasty. I have been meaning to pick up some dried shrimp to try.
By Kevin on May 12, 2008
Mmmm…I can still remember the spicy and fragrant aroma just by looking at the photos.
By Boon on May 12, 2008
oh yum! I certainly like the chili in the beans! Especially sambal. Nicely done.
By daphne on May 12, 2008
Hope you are feeling well by now.
I love this dish, and whoa…with the hei bi hiam…so good with rice.
Without the hei bi hiam, sometimes I just cracked in 1-2 eggs and whisk the eggs and beans up to be pan-fried.
By tigerfish on May 12, 2008
I do hope you’re feeling better. I hate being sick!
The beans sound delicious. I’ve seen dried shrimp at the Asian market, but haven’t cooked with them, but this sounds interesting.
By Kalyn on May 13, 2008
Hope you get well soon! Ah, your this dish reminds me that my Mum haven’t cook this for a long long time. Gotta remind her to cook this for dinner next time.
By Ling on May 13, 2008
Coffee&Vanilla - Look forward to seeing emoticons on your blog. Hee, so we have the same (good) taste for placemats!
Susan - I think they are just dried, I don’t think they are salted or fermented. You can find them quite easily at Asian supermarket/grocery stores, I think
tigerfish: sometimes I do the same too when I want to get rid of extra eggs in the fridge, keke…
Ling: Hi girl! I was just thinking of u the other day. Gonna email u some hamster photos when I sort them out, heh
By wiffy on May 14, 2008
That looks delicious - I can imagine the spicy prawns would go well with kangkong!
By Su-Lin on May 21, 2008