Simple Sides: Green Beans With Black Sesame Dressing
If you're going to cook Japanese at home, you're going to need some pointers! Join culinary instructor and cookbook author Kimiko Barber and build up a respectable repertoire of fantastic, classic Japanese dishes. These green beans with black sesame dressing add a healthy pop of color to any meal.
Compared to white sesame seeds, black ones have a stronger flavor and therefore dark or normal soy sauce can be used.
Simple Sides: Green Beans With Black Sesame Dressing
Prep Time
20
minutes
Cook Time
5
minutes
Servings
4
Total time: 25 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 ounces fine green beans
- 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons toasted black sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
Directions
- Cut the beans into 1¼ to 1½-inch lengths. Blanch them in plenty of lightly salted boiling water for 2 to 3 minutes. Rinse in cold water, drain, and pat dry with paper towels.
- Put the beans in a bowl, then add the soy sauce, and, with your hands, mix and lightly squeeze.
- To make the dressing, put the toasted sesame seeds and sugar in a Japanese mortar, suribachi, and grind to form a coarse paste—do not over grind them—leave some seeds still visible. Add the soy sauce and mix well.
- Transfer the beans to a separate bowl, then add the black sesame dressing, and mix well to coat each bean. Divide into four equal portions, and serve in neat mounds in small individual dishes.