Cold Green Bean Salad

Name: Cold Green Bean Salad
Cuisine: Asia
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons chilli oil; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 1 tablespoon oil, preferably groundnut; 1 tablespoon oil, preferably groundnut; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 225 g (8 oz) Chinese long beans, runner or French beans, trimmed; 225 g (8 oz) Chinese long beans, runner or French beans, trimmed; 225 g (8 oz) Chinese long beans, runner or French beans, trimmed

Preparation info

Serves
2–4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ken Hom's Vegetarian Cookery

By Ken Hom

Published 1995

About

Simplicity itself, this recipe takes a favourite vegetable and gives it a touch of Southeast Asian zest. Serve these beans either as a salad or as a side vegetable dish. They may be prepared well ahead of time.

Ingredients

225 g (8 oz) Chinese long beans, runner or French beans, trimmed
1

Asia
Side dish
Vegan

Method

If you are using Chinese long beans or runner beans, cut them into 7.5 cm (3 in) lengths. If you are using French beans, leave whole. Blanch the beans in a large pan of boiling salted water for 2 minutes.