At a family holiday feast at my Japanese mother-in-law’s house, I first had this dish. This was and still is one of my favorite Japanese dishes that she had many friends bring. Any time of year, it is a fresh and light option.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 ½ teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 pound fresh green beans, washed
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- 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.
Reviews
This is an all to family favorite!
This recipe was so easy and very tasty. With only a few ingredients and minimal prep work, this dish makes a great healthy weeknight side dish. I will definitely make this again.
It’s all right. Easy to make, but not really flavorful.
Favorite way to serve green beans.
A change but can do a lot to change it up if you want or not. Could add mushrooms, bacon, onion, or leave as is. The sesame oil is the key I think. The sesame seeds don’t do anything but that is a personal preference.
WOW! This is delicious! I had never thought of sesame oil and green beans but now it is an every day occurrence! I used EVOO instead of canola, just added some sesame oil at the end after steaming the green beans and added garlic (our preference). The sesame seeds and peanuts at the end make this out of this world!!
This really adds flavour to your green beans! Easy to make and it gets you out of the boring beans syndrome.
So easy to make and absolutely delicious!
I used to make this dish 40 years ago as an easy dish to bring to a group pot luck. I would add a little ricewine vinegar to the dressing, Since I cook by taste, not sure how much of any ingredient I used, but be sure you taste–and maybe add more roasted sesame oil and/or soy sauce. Always popular!
Excellent recipe. Made it exactly as written. Huge hit with family and will make again.
Refreshing
What a great and easy dish it taste just like the one in the restaurant if not better I would definitely make this again everybody seem to enjoy it
Excellent. Instead of soy, I did have a bit of a soy-based chinese sauce leftover that I used. Only used enough to help the beans steam a bit at the end.
Made it with asparagus as no fresh beans were available. I added a teaspoon of fresh garlic with the soy sauce. Loved it!
I tried doubling the recipe but didn’t double the beans, bad idea.
Loved it as written.
I added garlic and chopped onions which caralamized, then added green beans and followed recipe. My family absolutely loved them and this is now a family favorite
This was a good and fast stir fry bean recipe. I added 2cloves of garlic minced and a spoon of chili paste for some extra kick.
We left out the sesame seeds, but other than that kept it the same and it was pretty good. Not the best recipe I’ve seen for green beans, but it was good.
Good
Not particularly a string bean fan, But this came out pretty good , My wife and I enjoyed it a lot, We were wondering what to do with the fresh string beans we were given to use and I came across this dish, I will make it again for sure,