Fuchsia Dunlop recipes tonight.
Luoyang black bean chicken: Marinated chunks of chicken thighs with soy sauce and salt. Deep-fried the chicken until golden. Stir-fry sliced ginger and a whole head of halved garlic cloves until soft. Add fermented black beans, Shaoxing rice wine, and then chile flakes. Add chicken and rice vinegar and stir-fry until done. Finish with scallion greens and sesame oil. Served over jasmine rice.
Dry-fried green beans (vegetarian version): Deep-fried the green beans to soften. Briefly stir-fried dried chiles, Sichuan peppercorns, sliced garlic, ginger, and scallion whites, and then added the green beans. First time making this (usually make the version with ground pork) and it was simpler and equally good.
Fortunately Mrs. C had saved some WW points for dinner.