Japanese Green Beans With Beef Food

JAPANESE-STYLE SESAME GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Warm a large skillet or wok over medium heat. When the skillet is hot, pour in canola and sesame oils, then place whole green beans into the skillet. Stir the beans to coat with oil. Cook until the beans are bright green and slightly browned in spots, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in soy sauce; cover, and let sit about 5 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter, and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.

BEEF WITH GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together marinade ingredients (soy sauce - pepper).
• Slice steak with the grain into 2-inch strips and then across the grain into 1/2 inch pieces (the directions say 1/8 inch pieces but mine were closer to 1/2 inch to 1 inch) and then add them to marinade, toss, and set aside.
• Heat one tablespoon oil in wok over medium high heat until hot. Add beans and stir for 1 minute. Add water and reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook for 5-10 minutes. Transfer beans to bowl.
• Add remaining oil (see note in description) to wok and increase heat to high. Add ginger and stir until oil is hot and ginger sizzles (1 minute).
• Add onion and stir for one minute.
• Add beef mixture to wok and stir until beef is done (2-5 minutes).
• Return beans and liquid to wok and stir until mixed and heated through. Discard ginger.

ARABIC GREEN BEANS WITH BEEF

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat; brown the beef in the hot oil for 10 minutes.
• Stir in the onions and 1/2 cup water; cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Mix the green beans, allspice, pepper, and salt into the mixture; cover and simmer another 15 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and tomato sauce; cover with water; cover and simmer another 45 minutes.

GOMA-AE GREEN BEANS - JAPANESE GREEN BEANS WITH SESAME DRESSING

Steps:

• For the dressing, dry roast sesame seeds in a frying pan for about a couple of minutes, gently jiggling the pan. Careful not to burn them.
• With a pestle and a mortar, partially grind the sesame seeds.
• In a large bowl, mix together ground sesame seeds, soy sauce, sugar, and a pinch of salt.
• Cut the green beans if they are too long. Cook the green beans by boiling until desired tenderness is reached. Drain and briefly run them under running water so that the beans stay green.
• While the green beans still warm, toss them in the sesame dressing.
• The dressing looks more like a paste than dressing but that's exactly how you want it to be, otherwise when mixed with the green beans, the dressing gets too runny and the green beans won't taste as nice.