Stir-fried French Beans with Egg

by wiffy on May 7, 2012

in 15-minute shorts,Asian,Beans and Lentils,Chinese,Eggs,Mum's Recipes,Stir Frying,Vegetables

Stir-fried French Beans with Egg
Childhood comfort dish: French beans with egg 四季豆炒咸蛋

Note: First posted in Dec 2007, now republished with improved photos and recipe.

This is a comfort food dish which I grew up eating, and basically the stir-fried version of my mum’s long beans omelette recipe. It is really simple to cook with only 3 main ingredients (french beans, egg and garlic), and especially enjoyable with a bowl of porridge. It is simple home-cooked dishes like this which I never get tired of eating all these years. I always try to keep some french beans in the fridge because I know I can whip up this healthy dish quickly (in about 15 minutes) and effortlessly, perfect for eating light or/and busy nights.


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1 Joyce December 13, 2007 at 11:39 am

Hey Wiffy,

I love simple recipes and I guess nothing beats what mum cooks.

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2 WokkingMum December 13, 2007 at 2:38 pm

My kids like it with long bean. I cook just like how you do it. Yummy! Oh, I use the same olive oil too! :)

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3 tigerfish December 13, 2007 at 5:15 pm

Woooo…I like this. A family dish. But what are baby fine beans? I usually use long beans or french beans and cut them to small pieces.

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4 steamy kitchen December 15, 2007 at 3:25 pm

Love your illustrated guide to cooking – so easy to understand!

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5 didally December 16, 2007 at 5:25 pm

I cook this dish often too, with long beans. Baby fine beans has more crunch thou.

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6 wiffy December 18, 2007 at 10:36 am

tigerfish: they look similar looking to french beans and I wonder if they are the same too

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7 Angela Tan December 11, 2009 at 11:44 am

I think you have a very good recipes website, especially with the illustrated guide. Thank you so much.. I’m just beginning to learn cooking in mid-20s. Hope its not too late to reach your standard soon ;)

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8 wiffy December 14, 2009 at 5:03 pm

Hello Angela, thanks for your kind words. I have no standard at all, you will become as good and better than me in no time at all hehe :) Happy cooking!

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9 Linda September 13, 2010 at 2:04 pm

Hi Wiffy, this is one of your many receipes I tried. Yummy!
I innovated a little with smashed fried salted fish (I reduced amount of soya sauce), it turn out great as well. If you are salted fish lover, you might want to give a shot. Thanks again for all your wonderful, easy to understand receipes.
:-)

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10 wiffy September 13, 2010 at 10:57 pm

salted fish sounds like good addition! Thanks for sharing :)

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11 kelvin May 7, 2012 at 1:56 pm

That’s my family dish too :)

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12 Little Inbox May 7, 2012 at 5:09 pm

Love this simple recipe.
My version is stir fry the French bean with garlic, minced pork, julienned carrot and scrambled egg.

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13 Stephanie May 8, 2012 at 2:10 am

This looks so tasty and sounds like something that my boyfriend would like too. Pinned it to my pinterest board so that I remember to make it later

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14 Juliana May 10, 2012 at 3:48 am

Love the simplicity of this egg dish…especially when it is packed with childhood memories.
Hope you are having a great week Wiffy :)

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15 Janine May 10, 2012 at 10:17 am

i usually have french beans with carrot for that splash of color but the yellow of the eggs should be equally amazing and more yummy!

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16 mycookinghut May 23, 2012 at 3:06 pm

Simple yet delicious stir-fry dish!

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