Sambal Long Beans
This was one of the first dishes I whipped up with my home made sambal belachan. Since young, I have loved this dish because it is spicy and salty – my kind of food. It goes so well with steamed white rice or fried bee hoon. If you have a bottle of sambal belachan in the fridge, this dish is a breeze to make. If you can’t find long beans, you can also substitute with other beans such as french beans.
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Ingredients
(Serves 2 -3)- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 2 tbsp sambal belachan (either home made or store bought)
- 2 tbsp water
- 200g long bean, ends trimmed and cut to 5 cm (2 inch) length
- salt to taste (if needed)(A) Dried Shrimps Paste
- 1 tbsp dried shrimps (hei bi), soaked in water till softened
- 5 shallots, peeled
- 5 garlic cloves, peeledDirections
1. Either chop the ingredients at (A) finely or (shortcut) use a blender to grind the ingredients for a few seconds.
2. In a wok, heat the oil. Then add the chopped ingredients prepared in step 1 and stir fry till you can smell the aroma.
3. Add belachan and mix it well with the dried shrimps paste.
4. Add long beans and water. Stir fry for a few minutes and mix well, until the water has evaporated and the long beans are well coated in the sambal & dried shrimps paste.
5. Season with salt with needed. I do not add salt because my home made sambal belachan is already nicely salted. Serve with steamed rice.
Tip
1. Belachan is pungent smelling. Open your windows and remove all laundry (if you have them in the kitchen) when you’re making this dish.
Variations
- Sambal Fried Beancurd (Tau Kwa) with Sugar Snap Peas
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heyy i’m coming for sambal. As we always say, sambal increases our appetite *big grin*.
Our family has a different recipe for this. We slice the long bean really thin and mix with sambal terasi right away. No more stir fry. Eat with grilled/fried tempe. Yummm
Spicy and salty – also my cup of tea! And agree with Pepy, can have lots of steamed rice with this. The thought of this is powerful enough to make me drool….lots.
I love this dish too, look like exactly how my mil cooked, yum yum!
yummms… i can eat this with LOADs of rice :D
Anything spicy for me! This is so good with rice!
Hungry already! It goes well with plain fried beehoon.
This looks so good….going to do this with home made belachan. Will let you know how it turned out (I am not a very good cook) :-( Thanks for sharing.
yes, let me know your verdict after trying, you’re using my recipe for belachan too? Hope it’s successful :)
Hmmm yummy – are those beans the same as snake beans? I must try the recipe.
if I’m not wrong – not exactly the same (snake beans I think is more wrinkly in appearance) but very similar. You can use snake beans for this recipe :)
This gives me one more reason to make a full bottle of sambal belachan.
tis is one of the nice dish to be served with rice :D
I always like to order this dish, fried long beans with sambal belachan in Chinese restaurants. This dish is simple and delicious. But the restaurants often charge a lot. :P
oh yes… all the ingredients are cheap, so sometimes it’s nice to make it at home :-)
Yea, it’s my kind of dish too! I guess it’s that Malaysian/Singaporean in us that makes us crave for the salty and spicy and pungent kick of sambal belacan in my dishes!
Oh! Btw, hope you had a wonderful Dragon Boat Festival! Did you manage to stuff yourself with oodles of dumplings? Hahaha!
thanks! aiyah… I eat chang all the time, and during this period, they are more expensive. I was actually counting down for the day to be over so that they are back to normal prices haha … I know, I’m bad :|
We cook it the similar way too. :)
What a delicious use of your sambal belachan. Wish I had some in my refrigerator!
Simply divine! One of my favorite veggie dish.
one of my favourite dish!! yummy!!
yum! I know I will love this dish!
This veggie dish is so appetising with the spiciness.
Another new dish for me! But I’m sure I would like the spicy and salty flavors!
Really need to make some sambal! This green bean dish looks so tempting.
Spicy and salty is my kind of food too! I need to make this! :)
Hi wiffy! The presentation on this set of photos deserves two thumbs up, as always! :up: :up: The beans look tasty!
Sorry for being so busy and not replying to your last few posts recently. :( I promise I still looked at each one and the blueberry smoothie looks especially delicious. Hope you’re having a good week. Take care. :D
Hi I know you’re busy! I’m happy that you are making good progress with your project and it’s so sweet for you to drop by now and then :) Regarding my own project, I wished I had your momentum :( you are my role model hehe
reminds me of my sambal kangkong sambal sweet potato leaves . irresitible!
Dear Wiffy!!!
Making it so easy for the rest of us…I am eating my ‘experiment’ but w French beans and it taste good…! Thanks again for a great and simple recipe! Hugs…and God Bless!
Sincerely,
sam
Sambal belachan is good with almost anything! When it comes to vegetables, I normally use sambal belachan with kangkung or fried hard-boiled eggs.
Looks so good! I love sambal belachan and the stir-fried green beans hit the spot. I have to try making my own sambal sometime though…
Hi wiffy,
tried this recipe today with the sambal bought from ntuc (the brand that you recommend;)
i’m not a very good cook hence i’m not very sure how long should i stir fried the long beans and the end result is that long beans are quite hard.. my mum said it could be me adding in water to stir fried the long beans. But i have been following every step in your recipe. Do you have any idea how long should i stir fried the long beans?