I'm growing four types of green beans this year:
- Shunguang's long Chinese pole beans (the best)
- Fortex pole beans (very nice)
- Provider green bush beans
- Royal Burgundy bush beans
They are growing in next to my house in reduced sunlight (about 11-3pm). They do well here and are always ready for a quick vegetable dish. I've been letting some of the pods mature on the vines recently. I'll harvest these later and let then dry for seed for next year. I'm thinking I'll skip the two bush bean varieties next year and only grow the pole beans. They taste much better to me.
This is a quick and easy vegetable dish. I added my garlic and Thai hot peppers. It is delicious served over rice with some roast duck on the side. Also nice with pork fried rice.
Recipe:
1 Tbs peanut oil
1 tsp minced fresh ginger (optional)
1 large clove minced garlic
1 minced Thai hot pepper (use the seeds too)
1/2 lb fresh green beans
To wok, add all of the above. Stir fry for 3 minutes ('til the beans just start to brown).
2 Tbs dry sherry or vermouth
2 Tbs soy sauce
2 tsp cornstarch combined with 2 Tbs cold water
Add all of these to wok with the beans. Stir fry until the sauce comes to a boil and thickens. Serve over rice.
I find beans to be one of the things I can grow here as well, since I too have a reduced sun garden. I planted a late crop of beans (my garden space was taken up by garlic) in July. They're just starting to produce. I'm planning on covering them with row covers to extend the harvest into Nov. I bought some beans at the farmer's market the weekend before thanksgiving last year by from local farmers that did this.
ReplyDeleteGood idea. That's a good reason to grow bush rather than pole beans late.
ReplyDeleteDelicious! You can't go wrong with garlic and hot peppers...
ReplyDeleteThat sounds so deliciuos - I'm going to try it tonight.
ReplyDeleteI also grow pole beans - for the first time - this year and love them. I grow Lazy Housewife's bean and Cherokee trail of tears and like you, I'll try to dry some seeds for next year.
Next week is the birthday of my mom... why not try it to myself and see if I am a good cook ^_^
ReplyDeleteSounds great!
ReplyDeleteMy beans were a great success (still are)! One variety isn’t as good as the others but we’ll know that for next year. The bush beens stayed tiny with only a few blossoms/beans on them, so I’ve thought I might skip them also next year. We lovelovelove fresh green beans, the smaller the better.