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Noodles with round beans

Name: Noodles with round beans
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 150 g Wide rice noodles, or dried rice stick noodles (Main); 150 g Green beans, small round, trimmed (Main); 1 Tbsp Peanut oil; 4 Garlic cloves, crushed; ½ tsp Chilli paste; 1 Tbsp Light soy sauce; 1 Tbsp Dark soy sauce; 1 Tbsp Oyster sauce

for 4 people

Jan Bilton

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This is an ideal accompaniment to a Chinese meal, especially so during the Spring Festival - Chinese New Year. Noodles represent a long life and superstition says that it's bad luck to cut them.

150 g	Wide rice noodles, or dried rice stick noodles (Main)
150 g	Green beans, small round, trimmed (Main)
1 Tbsp	Peanut oil
4	Garlic cloves, crushed
½ tsp	Chilli paste
1 Tbsp	Light soy sauce
1 Tbsp	Dark soy sauce
1 Tbsp	Oyster sauce

Soak the noodles for 15 minutes in hot water then drain well. Blanch the beans in boiling water until crisp-tender. Drain and pat dry.
Heat the oil in a wok and stir-fry the garlic and chilli paste for 30 seconds. Add the beans and noodles and stir-fry for 1 minute. Toss with the sauces and serve. Can be garnished with chopped coriander.