Fried French Bean with Dried Scallop

Fried french bean is a little bit too oily so you will need a kitchen towel to absorb the excess oil.

Only 5 ingredients you will need to prepare: finely chopped garlic (1/2 tbsp), baby anchovies(1 tbsp), dried scallops (2 pieces), 1tbsp of oyster sauce and french beans.

Soak the dried scallops for at least 30 minutes. Break the scallops into stripe similar size as anchovies.


Heat up generous amount of oil. Fried the french beans for about 1 minute or 70% cooked.


Leave the fried beans on the kitchen towel to get rid of the excess oil. Now fried the anchovies and scallops. Put them both on the kitchen towel too.

Pour away the excess oil, leave about 1/2 tbsp on the wok (or saucepan). Saute the garlic, return the fried beans, anchovies and scallops backed to the wok.

Add 1 tbsp of oyster sauce. Mix well and they are ready. When cooked, the french beans should be crunchy. If the texture is soft, then they are overcooked.

Try it out. It is very delicious. The french bean is very sweet by itself.

I always storing up some anchovies, dried shrimps and dried scallops for contingency as sometime you might not have fresh ingredients on hand. And these 3 things can do many wonders.