String Beans in Thick Bean and Sesame Sauce

Name: String Beans in Thick Bean and Sesame Sauce (Ingen No Goma Miso Aé )
Yield: Serves 3–4.
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons white sesame seeds; 2 tablespoons Saikyo miso (light bean paste); 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 tablespoon saké (rice wine); ½ pound fresh string beans

Ingen No Goma Miso Aé

Preparation info

Serves
3–4
.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

At Home with Japanese Cooking

By Elizabeth Andoh

Published 1986

About

This aromatic bean and sesame sauce transforms ordinary string beans into an unusual side dish or salad. The sauce is delicious with fresh-cooked asparagus, broccoli or cauliflower, too.

Ingredients

½ pound fresh string beans
2 tablespoons Saikyo miso (light bean paste)

Asia
Japan
Side dish
Vegan

Method

Wash and trim the string beans. Bring salted water to a rapid boil and cook the beans in it for 3–4 minutes. They should be bright green and crisp. Drain them and let them cool naturally before cutting them into 1-inch lengths.

Mix the bean paste, sugar and rice wine together in a small saucepa