sesame ginger green bean salad
I love a good green bean dish. Like, it is so satisfying and makes you feel a bit healthy ... even if you happen to have covered it in fried onions. It's beans! It's good for you! But since it is summer, I was hoping for something just a tiny bit lighter and didn't require a can of mushroom soup. The temperature recently has been a real muggy 85. I was on the hunt for something that could be served cold, could make in advance, and would satisfy a wide range of tastes.
This green bean dish is a flipping home run. I will now consider it a staple in my Summer menu options because it really filled all the checkboxes I was after. Make ahead? Check. Easy? Check. Satisfies a crowd? Check and check and check. When I was asking for reviews on favorite sides, this was one that kept coming up. People really liked the subtle but unique flavor!
I'm normally against buying things just to suit a one-time dish... but I did buy the sesame seeds and I have no regrets. I'll totally be making this again and probably using up every little sesame seed on the way.
2 lbs. green beans, trimmed
1 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon finely minced or grated fresh ginger
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 cup tiny frozen peas, thawed
2-3 teaspoons light sesame seeds
- Bring a large pot of water to boil and set up an ice bath right near by.
- While your water is heating, prep and clean your beans.
- Add your beans to the boiling water and cook for 3-4 minutes. Then immediately pull them and submerge them in the ice bath to stop the cooking.
- Dry the beans on paper towels or whatever - but pretty much remove the excess moisture. At this point, you could store the beans for a day or so until you were ready to actually make the dish.
- In a medium-high large pot over the stove, combine the ingredients for the dressing. This means = olive oil, ginger, honey, soy sauce, sesame oil. Whisk to combine and let stay on the stove until it begins to thicken a bit.
- Add your cooked beans to the pot and mix to combine and get the dressing all over everything. Stir in the peas.
- Move to your serving plate and then sprinkle with the sesame seeds and perhaps a bit of sea salt.
- All done!
2 lbs. green beans, trimmed
1 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon finely minced or grated fresh ginger
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 cup tiny frozen peas, thawed
2-3 teaspoons light sesame seeds
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