Recipe - Hot Pepper Green Beans

1 pound Fresh green beans, stemmed
4 Garlic cloves, minced
One half cup Chopped green scallions
2 Fresh chilies, seeded &
finely chopped
1 tablespoon Fermented black beans,
rinsed
3 tablespoon Rice vinegar
2 tablespoon Tamari
1 One half teaspoon Cornstarch
1 tablespoon Brown sugar
2 tablespoon Rice wine
3 tablespoon Peanut oil

Blanch green beans for 2 minutes. In a small bowl, combine garlic,
scallions, chilies, beans. In another small bowl, combine vinegar, soy
sauce, cornstarch, sugar & wine. Heat oil in a wok, add bean mixture &
stirfry for a minute. Add green beans & stirfry for 5 minutes. Mix in
the rest of the ingredients & stirfry long enough just to coat the beans.

"Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant Cookbook"