Japanese: Green beans and sesame salad. This recipe is similar to the spinach sesame salad I posted yesterday, and is a fine alternative to spinach, if that’s not your thing. I love the texture of green beans: so crunchy and fun to eat!
Yield: 2 servings
Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
- 3/4 lb green beans (ingen)
Spices
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 2 tbsp ground sesame seeds
Preparation
- Trim the ends of the green beans and cut into 3″ pieces
- Boil green beans for 5 minutes (until soft)
- Strain and set aside
- Mix sugar, soy sauce, and ground sesame in a bowl, then combine with green beans and mix
- Spinkle with whole sesame seeds
- Serve!