GOMA-AE JAPANESE GREENS

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Serve this flavour-packed side dish alongside a Japanese feast. Spinach and green beans are tossed in a dressing of soy, miso, mirin and sesame seeds

Provided by Elena Silcock

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

200g fine green beans , trimmed
250g spinach
4 tbsp sesame seeds , toasted
1 tbsp soy
1 tbsp caster sugar
1 tbsp white miso
1 tbsp mirin
gomashio (salted sesame seeds), to serve (optional, available from amazon.co.uk)

Steps:

Get a bowl of iced water ready. Bring a pan of salted water to the boil, add the green beans and cook for 2-3 mins until bright green but still crunchy. Use a slotted spoon to remove the beans and plunge them into the ice water. Add the spinach to the boiling water and cook for 20-30 secs, then remove and add to the ice water. Once cool, drain the greens in a sieve over the bowl and set aside for 5 mins so that all the water drips out of them.
Make the dressing by grinding the sesame seeds with a pestle and mortar or spice grinder, then mix in the other ingredients. Toss the greens in the dressing, top with the gomashio, if using, and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 120 calories, Fat 5 grams fat, SaturatedFat 1 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 10 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 8 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 5 grams protein, Sodium 0.9 milligram of sodium