Szechuan Pork & Green Bean Stir-Fry

🥘 Ingredients

• butter
  1 tbsp
• ginger
  1 piece
• green beans
  1 c
• ground pork
  12 oz
• jasmine rice
  ½ cup
• peanuts
  2 tbsp
• scallions
  2 pieces
• sugar
  2 tsp
• sweet soy glaze
  1 tbsp
• szechuan paste
  1 tbsp
• vegetable oil
  1 tbsp

🍳 Cookware

• small pot
• medium bowl
• large pan

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry all produce. Peel and mince ginger . Trim green beans , if necessary, and cut crosswise into 2-inch pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens.

   ginger: 1 piece, green beans: 1 c, scallions: 2 pieces
2. 

   2

   Melt butter in a small pot over medium-high heat. Add half the ginger; cook, stirring, until fragrant, ⏱️ 1 minute . Stir in jasmine rice , ¾%cup water, and a big pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, ⏱️ 15-18 minutes . Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.

   butter: 1 tbsp, jasmine rice: ½ cup
3. 

   3

   While rice cooks, add green beans and a splash of water to a medium bowl ; cover with plastic wrap. Microwave until tender, ⏱️ 1-2 minutes . Drain. Heat a large pan over medium-high heat. Add peanuts , 1%tsp sugar , and 2%tbsp water. Cook, stirring, until water has evaporated and peanuts are coated and lightly toasted, ⏱️ 3-5 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer to a small bowl.

   peanuts: 2 tbsp, sugar: 2 tsp
4. 

   4

   Wash out pan used for peanuts. Heat a large drizzle of vegetable oil in pan over medium-high heat. Add ground pork and cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned, ⏱️ 4-6 minutes .

   vegetable oil: 1 tbsp, ground pork: 12 oz
5. 

   5

   Stir green beans, scallion whites, remaining ginger, and 1%tsp sugar into pan with pork. Cook, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pan, until ginger is fragrant and pork is cooked through, ⏱️ 1-2 minutes . Stir in szechuan paste , sweet soy glaze , and ¼%cup water. Cook, stirring, until everything is thoroughly coated, ⏱️ 1-2 minutes . Turn off heat.

   szechuan paste: 1 tbsp, sweet soy glaze: 1 tbsp
6. 

   6

   Fluff rice with a fork and season with salt and pepper. Divide between bowls. Taste and season pork stir-fry with salt and pepper; spoon over rice. Sprinkle with scallion greens and peanuts. Serve.