Green beans and peanut powder

Sayaingen no peanuts ae （さやいんげんのピーナッツ和え）

What kind of dish is Sayaingen no peanuts ae⁇

There is a classic Japanese dish called “gomaae,” in which ground sesame seeds are mixed with spinach, bok choy, burdock, etc.

I use peanut powder instead of sesame seeds. It adds aroma and richness to the plain vegetables, making it a great side dish.

On this day, I put it in my lunch box along with nikujyaga (Japanese) meat and potatoes stew and seasoned boiled eggs.

👉　Seasoned soft boiled eggs

👉　Japanese meat and potato stew

What kind of food is green beans??

In Japanese, green beans are “sayaingen“, another name is “sandomame”. Sandomame means beans that can be harvested three times a year.

Green beans are classified into several types, including dojyouingen (Kentucky Wonder), which has round pods, and Moroccoingen (Romano Beans), which has flat pods.

Green beans are in season in the summer, with most being available from June to September.

These can be made into tempura, boiled and then tossed with soy sauce or sesame seeds, or stir-fried with butter.

Kentucky Wonder and Romano Beans eat the pods, so beans cannot be harvested. The pods of red kidney beans and quail beans can only be eaten when they are very young. Basically, varieties for eating the pods and varieties for eating the beans are different.

Ingesting undercooked green beans can cause severe vomiting and diarrhea.

By the way, green beans and peas are closely related species.

NUTRITION FACTS

81kcal Protein 4.1g Fat 4.8g Carb 7.0g Salt Equivalent 1.0g

材料

green beans 70g
light soy sauce 6g
sugar 1g
powder peanuts 10g

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS

① Wash the green beans with water and wipe dry.

② Line up the ends and cut off a little of the stem.

③ Cut into 3cm pieces, boil in hot water for 2 minutes, and drain into a colander.

After boiling, you can keep the beautiful green color by exposing it to water. However, since it gets watery, I don’t soak it in water and let it cool.

④ Mix soy sauce and sugar, heat in the microwave for 20 seconds, and let cool.

⑤ Mix green beans with soy sauce and sugar and wait 10 minutes.

⑥Add peanut powder.

If you add the peanuts first, the peanuts will absorb the seasoning. Therefore, mix the peanuts last.

naokoan

I’m Naoko. After graduating from a registered dietitian training school, I am working as a registered dietitian at a hospital in Japan. I love to cook and eat delicious food. I make recipes with calorie counting. The reason why all the ingredients are written as “g” is to accurately calculate calories. I am especially good at cooking with pressure cookers and ovens. I would like to introduce the recipe to foreigners who are interested in Japanese food. So I started writing Japanese home cooking recipes on my blog in English. 大学卒業後、管理栄養士として病院で勤務しています。レシピはカロリー計算を出来るだけ正確に行いたいので“g”で表記しています。日本の家庭料理のレシピを英語で紹介しています。圧力鍋とオーブンを使う料理が得意です。日本食・和食に興味を持ってもらえたら嬉しいです。よろしくお願いします(*ˊᵕˋ)♡‧₊