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Stir-Fried Hyacinth Beans — finished dish, ready to serve.

Stir-Fried Hyacinth Beans

炒扁豆 · pan chinese cuisine

10 min total5 min cooking6 stepssavory
Ingrid Halvorsen's profile photoIngrid HalvorsenNorwegian exchange student missing home cooking. I post about brunost, lefse, and stretching a grocery budget in a tiny dorm kitchen. Simple food, big comfort.

Nutrition & allergens

Contains:SoyWheat

Some ingredients are not yet allergen-surveyed; this label is not exhaustive.

Per serving (4 servings)

Energy (kcal)
Unknown
Protein (g)
Unknown
Fat (g)
Unknown
Carbs (g)
Unknown
Sodium (mg)
325.8(Main ingredients only; seasoning not counted)

Estimated from verified ingredient data for the original formula — not lab values, and one dish is not a full meal.

Techniques you'll use

Steps

  1. 1

    Step 1

    Stir-Fried Hyacinth Beans — step 1 visual checkpoint.

    Rinse the hyacinth beans well and snip off both ends. Cut the garlic into small pieces — slightly larger than minced garlic but smaller than garlic cloves.

    ✅ Done when: The beans are clean with trimmed ends, and the garlic is cut into small, evenly sized pieces.

  2. 2

    Step 21 min

    Low heatAromatic blooming (bao xiang) ↗Stir-frying ↗
    Stir-Fried Hyacinth Beans — step 2 visual checkpoint.

    Heat the wok, add oil over low heat, add the garlic, and stir-fry for 10 seconds.

    ✅ Done when: The garlic is fragrant after about 10 seconds of stirring.

  3. 3

    Step 35 min

    Medium heatStir-frying ↗Simmering (dun) ↗
    Stir-Fried Hyacinth Beans — step 3 visual checkpoint.

    Immediately add the hyacinth beans. Stir-fry over medium heat briefly, then add a small half-bowl of water, cover, and braise over medium-low heat for 5 minutes.

    ✅ Done when: After 5 minutes covered, the beans have softened slightly from the steam.

  4. 4

    Step 4

    Stir-Fried Hyacinth Beans — step 4 visual checkpoint.

    You can lift the lid partway through to check and manage the timing yourself.

    ✅ Done when: The beans look tender and most of the water has been absorbed.

  5. 5

    Step 5

    Medium heatStir-frying ↗
    Stir-Fried Hyacinth Beans — step 5 visual checkpoint.

    Add the broad bean paste and light soy sauce, and keep stir-frying over medium heat until the beans are fully cooked.

    ✅ Done when: The beans are tender all the way through and evenly coated with the sauce.

  6. 6

    Step 6

    Medium heat
    Stir-Fried Hyacinth Beans — step 6 visual checkpoint.

    Finally, sprinkle in sugar to taste and remove from the wok.

    ✅ Done when: The sugar is dissolved and evenly distributed, and the dish is ready to plate.