Quick Sesame Green Beans

It was ok. Not the biggest fan.

Yummo….made it twice already.

Added a little sesame oil my family loved it. omitted the miso I didn’t have any

No changes definitely make it again

It was almost great! My only problem with this recipe was that even using lower sodium soy sauce, it turned out far too salty for me and my husband’s tastes. We do tend to eat relatively low sodium if we can in general, so maybe we’re more sensitive to saltiness, but I couldn’t finish my beans as they were. I will have to cook up some extra green beans without seasonings and mix them into the seasoned beans to dilute the salt. But I would have loved this recipe if it hadn’t seemed so salty to me. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

I was looking for a simple dish for m my 13yr old to make for school Asian day potluck. This was perfect. I looked at several different recipes and I actually modified my recipe to incorporate a couple recipes into one. First I could not find miso Paste ate the store I used sesame oil instead. We also sautéed nonsalted butter (Land O Lakes) soy sauce and sesame oil in our pan with my sesame seeds, ginger and garlic. I am not a measurer, but we added more to the recipe because I wanted more coating on my beans. While We sautéed, my green beans were steaming. We then combined the beans in my skillet mixture and coated them very good. I removed from heat and let them for a few minutes to “marinate”. Before serving she added a handful of shaved almonds to the top but not necessary.. the seeds made them very pretty in her bowl. I will def make these again and my kitchen smelled like I was at a Hibachi grill. The sesame oil really brought the flavors together!!

I added butter and served cold as a side. mmmmmm

I made this recipe as written. Although my guest seemed to like it, I gave it 3 stars because for me personally the texture of the sauce didn’t really work for me. Some parts of the green beans were very spicy so have some water nearby.

Delicious but next time, I will saute the garlic and ginger before adding.

Be sure and use Lite Soy Sauce because this is salty – I also would omit salt in the water for the beans when cooking. I didn’t have miso paste so I followed others’ suggestion and added about 1/2 tsp of sesame oil. Also used just one large clove of garlic since it was raw. I thought this recipe was sooo salty (and I love salt!) so I added about 2 tablespoons brown sugar to try and counter balance the salt – ended up with a great tasting sauce when served with the beans & toasted sesame seeds – will be making this again

Instead of soy sauce, ginger and garlic I simply used low sodium teriyaki sauce and achieved a wonderful flavor. I did add miso paste, pepper flakes as directed.

Quick Sesame Green Beans Haiku: “So easy to make, and the taste was super good. No miso paste here.” Didn’t use the optional miso paste, but did add a couple drops of sesame oil. Loved the simplicity of the recipe and the fact that it would complement just about any entree; yummers!

Very quick and good! I steamed the green beans, and sauteed the garlic, red pepper flakes, and ginger in a little bit of sesame oil and soy sauce. I didn’t have miso, and the sesame oil gave it just enough sesame flavor. I spooned the soy/garlic mixture over the beans and gave them a quick stir. Delicious!

My family loved this! I didn’t have any fresh garlic or ginger so I used garlic paste and ginger paste that I had in the fridge. The only thing I’m going to do different next time I make it is use less red pepper flakes to make it more crowd friendly, but personally I liked the level of heat!!

I really liked this recipe. I omitted the miso paste and used regular soy sauce (because I thought it was low-sodium). When I realized it and tasted it was way to salty so I used honey to even out the salt and that worked. In the future I would only use 1/4 tsp. of red pepper flakes, the 1/2 tsp. was too spicy for me.

Really good. I have to say I didn’t follow exactly though. Instead I used CdIP’s review idea of leaving out the miso paste and adding sesame oil, so I guess in this case it’s not a true review of the recipe. Anyway, it was really enjoyed by everyone!

Easy recipe, simple ingredients, okay flavor, but too much raw garlic. Overall, we just didn’t really like it.

Tasty, used sesame oil instead of misso

Used frozen green beans, but I bet fresh ones would be much better. Used Braggs Liquid Aminos in place of soy sauce. Cut red pepper to 1/4 tsp, garlic to 2 cloves. Used ground ginger and Gomascio (ground sesame seeds w/sea salt which I got at Vitacost). Good, quick and easy! 😉

I followed this recipe to the letter. The fresh ingredients were delicious smelling. The end result, in my opinion, was a little Americanized (you could make the same paste, for example, and add it to burgers or meatloaf, etc. to make something more “Asian”) as in, this is what Americans think Japanese food might taste like. What I do is I like to have steaks, white steamed rice and whatever vegetable for dinner a few nights a week. If I have broccoli I usually grill it or toast some sesame seeds on it. However, green beans I always have in the freezer. If I have nothing fresh, this sesame green beans are definitely a fun side. It really keeps dinner neat and organized, and I keep the other ingredients including the miso paste and sesame seeds on hand as I just adore them.

These were amazing!