Name: Cold Green Bean Salad
Yield: Serves 2–4
Cuisine: Asia
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds; 225 g (8 oz) Chinese long beans, runner or French beans, trimmed; 1 tablespoon oil, preferably groundnut; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons chilli oil; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 2 teaspoons sesame oil

Preparation info

Serves
2–4

Difficulty
Easy

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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.

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