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Green bean salad

Green bean salad

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Haricot vert (the same vegetable used by Aarti Sequeira in Selena + Chef) was used here in lieu of regular green beans. If you substitute regular green beans, snip off the tops and bottoms, then pull and discard the fibrous string on both sides of each pod. Regular green beans will take a little longer to cook.
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine Copycat
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 people
Author Connie Veneracion

Ingredients

Salad

  • 500 grams haricot vert (French green bean)
  • 1 handful Brazil nuts

Dressing

  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 ½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic peeled and chopped
  • 2 generous pinches rock salt
  • 1 generous pinch ground black pepper

To finish

  • 3 to 4 sprigs mint (leaves only)

Instructions

Steam the green beans

  • Pour water into the steamer to reach a depth of at least two inches.
  • Set the steamer on the stove over high heat.
  • Rinse the green beans and drain.
  • Spread the green beans on the steamer basket, set the basket over the pot with boiling water and cover.
  • Cook the green beans over briskly boiling water for about ten minutes (no longer).

Prep the Brazil nuts

  • Lightly toast the Brazil nuts until glistening with oil (we did this in the oven toaster at 350F for two minutes).
  • Chop the toasted nuts.

Make the dressing

  • In a mixing bowl, measure the honey, lemon juice and olive oil.
  • Add the garlic, salt and pepper and whisk until the oil no longer separates from the honey and lemon juice.

Toss the salad

  • Remove the green beans from the steamer using kitchen tongs and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
  • Add the chopped nuts to the green beans.
  • Drizzle the dressing (including the garlic) around the edges of the beans.
  • Toss to coat the green beans evenly with the dressing.
  • Take mint leaves, tear up, add half to the salad and toss a few times.
  • Transfer the salad to a shallow bowl, sprinkle in the rest of the mint leaves and serve.

Notes

Steamer tips

We use three kinds of steamer at home similar to the ones below. The stainless steel set was used here.
  1. The steamer that came with the rice cooker;
  2. Stainless steel pot and steamer basket set; and
  3. Bamboo steamer basket(s).