Pork ribs and Green beans

I have never cooked green beans before...mainly because I never really eat them. But because my husband likes them, I'm trying to incorporate it into our meals. This dish was cooked all in a wok...(does this make it a stir fry?)...not for any reason other than I didn't want to clean extra pots if I didn't need to. =)

Pork ribs

Soy sauce
Corn statch
Sugar
(These three ingredients make up the basic Asian meat marinade...from here you can add whatever other Asian seasoning/condiments you like.)
Satay sauce
Fermented Chili Bean Paste ("dau ban zherng")
 
Green beans

The pork was cooked first. I browned each side then added a little bit of water into the wok and covered it for a few minutes. The pork was then removed and I added the beans next with a little more water to deglaze the wok and steam/fry the beans. I kept it under a lid to keep the heat in for a good five minutes. Then I added the ribs back in and kept stirring/flipping everything until the water dried up. End result was super tasty....though the beans were slightly undercooked. Oops. I forgot to do a taste test. Maybe I need seven minutes for the beans to cook? Next time.

Kale chicken

I remembered a dish I enjoyed years and years ago that was some kind of sauteed chicken on a bed of deep fried spinach leaves. The chicken was delicious but I didn't care too much for the spinach leaves. They were greasy. Here's my variation on baked kale chips....I love kale chips.

Chicken thigh meat
Garlic
Soy sauce (dark and light)
Sugar
Satay paste

Kale leaves (bite size)
Olive Oil
Salt

And I had some crushed cashews handy so that went on top as well. Pretty yums!
(Espcially kale chips...I could eat a bowl of it by myself.)