A bright and spicy way to enjoy fresh green beans.

Szechuan green beans

Serving Size: 2

Ingredients:

  • 400 grams green beans, sliced
  • 2-3 tbs. sesame oil
  • 2 tbs. tahini
  • pinch salt
  • 1 tsp. ginger pureed
  • 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
  • soy sauce
  • 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
  • 1-2 tbs. water
  • sesame seeds as garnish

Szechuan green beans

Directions:

  1. Wash the green beans. cut off the stem part and slice them.
  2. If you have a bean frencher you can cut them lengthwise otherwise slice them in nice diagonal cuts.
  3. Heat the oil in a pan, when the oil is hot, add the beans and garlic and saute until al dente.
  4. Meanwhile, make a sauce from the rest of the ingredients.
  5. When ready to serve generously drizzle the sauce over the beans and garnish with toasted sesame seeds.

Notes:

There are many different versions of this recipe. Here are a few:
http://hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93923
http://vegweb.com/recipephotos/displayimage.php?pos=-10167
http://www.veganforum.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-2857.html

The main difference is that we prefer the fresh green beans, saute them lightly in the oil until aldente and then make a sauce to put over them from the rest of the ingredients and we garnish with toasted sesame seeds.