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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French Beans with Egg Recipe
- Serves: 2-3
- Prep: 7 mins
- Cook: 7 mins
This is a quick and easy stir-fry with minimal ingredients; goes very well with porridge or rice.
Ingredients
- 1-2 eggs beaten
- 1/2 tsp light soy sauce
- white pepper powder to taste
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 150 grams french beans (四季豆) ends trimmed and sliced diagonally to about 1-2cm length
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Season beaten egg with light soy sauce and white pepper; mix well and set aside.
- Heat oil in wok and stir fry garlic until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Add sliced French beans and a tiny pinch of salt to the wok, stir fry until the beans are almost cooked, about 2-3 minutes.
- Pour the egg mixture over the beans and stir-fry until the egg is no longer wet.
(Get more photos, cooking notes and ingredient list on page 2)
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Hey Wiffy,
I love simple recipes and I guess nothing beats what mum cooks.
My kids like it with long bean. I cook just like how you do it. Yummy! Oh, I use the same olive oil too! :)
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.
Love your illustrated guide to cooking – so easy to understand!
I cook this dish often too, with long beans. Baby fine beans has more crunch thou.
tigerfish: they look similar looking to french beans and I wonder if they are the same too
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 ;)
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!
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.
:-)
salted fish sounds like good addition! Thanks for sharing :)
That’s my family dish too :)
Love this simple recipe.
My version is stir fry the French bean with garlic, minced pork, julienned carrot and scrambled egg.
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
Love the simplicity of this egg dish…especially when it is packed with childhood memories.
Hope you are having a great week Wiffy :)
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!
Simple yet delicious stir-fry dish!