Spicy Pork with Charred Green Beans
This spicy pork with charred green beans is a fast, easy, healthy, and gluten free dinner that comes together in minutes. It is the perfect weeknight meal option.
Ingredients
Sauce:
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce (or Tamari if gluten free)
- 2 tablespoon mIrin (Chinese sweet cooking wine)
- 1 teaspoon light brown sugar firmly packed
- 2 teaspoon sriracha (a little more if you like a little extra kick)
- ½ tsp dijon mustard
Charred Green Beans:
- 1 lb fresh green beans
- 1 tablespoon vegetable or peanut oil divided
- salt to taste
Pork:
- ¼ large onion finely diced
- ½ tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 1 lb ground pork
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
Instructions
Make the sauce:
- Place all ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl and mix well. Set aside.
Char the green beans:
- Trim the ends of the green beans.
- Heat ½ tablespoon vegetable oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat (watch for burning).
- Add ½ of the green beans, spread them out.
- Cook for 1-2 minutes until they start to char.
- Give a quick stir, spread out once again, and then continue cooking for another 2 minutes.
- Stir again and continue cooking and stirring until they are barely soft.
- Move to a plate, repeat with the rest of the green beans, and move to a plate. Set aside.
Make the pork:
- Turn the heat down to medium and add the remaining ½ tablespoon vegetable oil.
- Add the diced onion.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes until the onions start to soften.
- Add the garlic, stirring constantly to prevent the garlic from burning.
- Turn the heat back up to medium-high.
- Add the pork and break it up with a spatula.
- Sprinkle the ground ginger over the pork.
- Cook until the pork is cooked through, stirring occasionally.
- Add the sauce.
- Cook for 60 seconds, add the green beans, and then cook and stir for another 60 seconds.
Notes
This is also great with a side of white rice.