Green Bean Gomaae (芝麻青豆)

English

Ingredients

For the Dressing

  • 3 tbsp black sesame seeds (or white sesame seeds)
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp sugar (can reduce to ½ tbsp, but the dish will taste saltier)

For the Green Beans

  • 1 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt
  • ½ lb green beans

Instructions

To Prepare the Sesame Dressing

  1. Bring a pot of water to a boil to cook the beans. Meanwhile, toast 3 tbsp toasted white sesame seeds in a dry frying pan for a couple of minutes, gently shaking the pan. Be careful not to burn the seeds. Tip: Even if your sesame seeds are pre-toasted/roasted, it’s good to toast them again for a nice aroma.
  2. With a mortar and pestle (or spice grinder), grind the sesame seeds, leaving some uncrushed to add texture to the sauce.
  3. Add 1 tbsp soy sauce and 1 tbsp sugar and mix it all together. The dressing will look more like a paste than dressing. Set aside.

To Prepare the Green Beans

  1. If your green beans are not trimmed, snap the tip of one end of the bean with your fingers and draw it down the length of one side to remove any existing string. Do the same thing with the other end, pulling it down the other side of the bean.
  2. To the boiling water, add 1 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt and ½ lb green beans.
  3. Cook the green beans for 4–5 minutes (or 3 minutes for French green beans/haricots verts) until they are bright green and tender but still crunchy.
  4. Remove from the heat, place in a strainer, and quickly rinse them in cold water to stop them from cooking further (or you can transfer them to an ice-water bath). You don’t need to chill them; the beans should still be warm. Drain or dry well with a clean towel. Then, cut them into pieces 2 inches (5 cm) long. Tip: Shocking the green beans with cold water will help them stay green.

To Dress and Serve

  1. Transfer the warm beans to the bowl and toss them in the sesame dressing. Serve the Green Bean Gomaae at room temperature or chilled.

中文

食材

醬料

  • 3 湯匙 黑芝麻（或白芝麻）
  • 1 湯匙 醬油
  • 1 湯匙 糖（可以減至 ½ 湯匙，但這樣菜餚會更鹹）

四季豆

  • 1 茶匙 鑽石水晶粗鹽
  • ½ 磅 青豆

烹飪步驟

  1. 收集所有的食材。
  2. 製作芝麻醬：將一鍋水煮沸以煮豆子。與此同時，在一個乾煎鍋中烤3湯匙烤過的白芝麻，輕輕搖動鍋子，烤幾分鐘。小心不要燒焦芝麻。提示：即使您的芝麻已經是烤過的，也最好再烤一次，以增加香氣。
  3. 使用杵和研磨杵（或香料研磨機），磨碎芝麻，留下一些未碾碎的芝麻，以增加醬汁的質地。
  4. 加入1湯匙醬油和1湯匙糖，混合在一起。醬料會看起來更像是糊狀而不是醬汁。備用。
  5. 製作青豆：如果您的青豆還未修剪，用手指捻下一端的豆尖，然後沿豆子的一側拉下，以去除任何現有的絲。然後，再做同樣的動作，將另一端拉下另一側的豆子。
  6. 在煮沸的水中加入1茶匙鑽石水晶粗鹽和½磅青豆。
  7. 煮青豆4-5分鐘（或3分鐘，如果使用法國青豆/嫩豆），直到它們變成明亮的綠色，嫩但仍然帶有脆感。
  8. 從火上取出，放在濾網中，迅速用冷水沖洗，以阻止它們繼續烹飪（或者您可以將它們轉移到冷水中）。您不需要讓它們冷卻，豆子應該仍然是溫暖的。用毛巾擦乾或風乾。
  9. 然後，將它們切成長2英寸（5厘米）的塊。提示：用冷水迅速冷卻青豆，有助於保持它們的翠綠色澤。
  10. 混合和上菜：將溫暖的青豆轉移到碗中，用芝麻醬拌勻。將青豆高麗菜調味品以室溫或冷藏上菜。

Source: justonecookbook.com