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Green Beans with Peanut-Ginger Dressing

Emily Nathan enlarge

By: Sara Deseran


Like veggies with a little kick? Add a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes to the dressing.

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  • 6 Servings
  • Prep 20 min
  • Cook 4 min

Ingredients:

  • Coarse salt
  • 2 pounds green beans
  • 1 cup unsalted dry-roasted peanuts
  • 3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
  • One 1-inch piece of ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, coarsely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Make it your own
Top the green beans with almonds (or your favorite nut) instead of peanuts.

Directions:

  1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and trim the green beans. Add the green beans to the boiling water and cook until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Drain in a colander, rinse under cold water and drain again. Refrigerate.

  2. In a food processor, pulse the peanuts until coarsely chopped. Reserve 1/3 cup of the chopped peanuts for garnish. Continue pulsing the remaining peanuts until finely chopped. Add the vinegar, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, sugar, oil, 2 tablespoons of hot water and 1 teaspoon of salt to the peanuts and blend until the dressing is almost smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl several times.

  3. Toss the green beans with the dressing. Sprinkle the reserved chopped peanuts over the green beans just before serving.