Hot Pepper Green Beans

Ingredients

500 gr green beans
4 garlic
65 gr green scallions
2 chilies
16 gr fermented black beans
45 ml rice vinegar
2 tamari
4 gr cornstarch
14 gr brown sugar
30 ml rice wine
45 ml peanut oil

Instructions

Blanch green beans for 2 minutes. In a small bowl, combine garlic, scallions, chilies, beans. In another small bowl, combine vinegar, soy sauce, cornstarch, sugar & wine. Heat oil in a wok, add bean mixture & stir-fry for a minute. Add green beans & stir-fry for 5 minutes. Mix in the rest of the ingredients & stir-fry long enough just to coat the beans. "Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant Cookbook"