Ingen no Gomaae


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!



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