Thai Green Bean Salad
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Author Notes: A year ago I created a really tasty Thai Steak Salad recipe, and decided to repurpose the dressing and fresh herb combo to make a fresh, light green bean salad. This salad is bright and flavorful, sweet and spicy, and really deliciously complex. Perfect for a main course or side! - Loves Food Loves to Eat - Loves Food Loves to Eat
Food52 Review: This is a simple and extremely tasty way to serve green beans. I accidentally overcooked my green beans a bit (so they weren't as crisp as I would have liked) but they were still delicious served this way, and my dinner guests agreed. I was pretty generous with the Sriracha, so they were wonderfully spicy. This is a great summer salad if you enjoy Thai flavors! - WinnieAb - A&M
Serves 2-4
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 large clove garlic- pressed
- 1.5 teaspoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- zest and juice of one large lime
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
- squirt of Sriracha sauce (spice to your liking)
- 1 pound fresh green beans/string beans- ends removed and cut in half
- 2 tomatoes (I use roma, but your choice)- chopped
- 1 red bell pepper- thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- 1-2 springs chopped fresh mint
- 1/4 cup roasted chopped peanuts
- sliced green onion for garnish
- black pepper
- For dressing, whisk together soy sauce, garlic, fish sauce, rice vinegar, lime juice and zest, brown sugar, and sriracha.
- Bring a pot of water to a boil and blanche beans for about 2 minutes, still crunchy and bright green. Shock in cold water.
- Combine red pepper, tomato, cilantro, basil, mint, and green beans. Toss with dressing and add black pepper to your liking. Let sit for at least 30 minutes for flavors to meld.
- Before serving, toss in peanuts, and garnish with green onion.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Spring Vegetable Recipe
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best String Bean Salad
Tags: Asian, Easy, Side Dishes, sweet and savory
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4 months ago Isabel Martinez-Reynoso
I loved this recipe. This is coming from a person that hates green beans :-) I modified it a bit either because I didn't had the ingredients or I didn't like them.
- Used meyer lemon instead of lime
- Did not use fish sauce or mint
- Used chilli flakes instead of the sriracha sauce
- Added chopped spinach
almost 2 years ago rbnyc
I made this for dinner last night with green and yellow beans. Really nice recipe. The only thing I didn't have in house were peanuts so I skipped that step. Next time I won't or I'll roast cashews instead. But the flavors were spot on and the dish really worked well. Thanks for posting it.