Green beans with sticky soy almonds & sesame seeds

Green beans with sticky soy almonds & sesame seeds

Soy almonds are great with this recipe or on their own with drinks, serve as part of an Asian feast

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready 10 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Heat 1 tsp sesame oil in a medium frying pan. Add the almonds and cook over a low heat until golden. Add the honey and soy. Toss for 30 seconds until all of the liquid has evaporated and pour onto a tray to cool.
  2. Blanch the green beans in boiling salted water until just tender. Drain then add the remaining sesame oil, sesame seeds and the sticky almonds.

146 kcalories, protein 5.2g, carbohydrate 4.1g, fat 12.1 g, saturated fat 1.1g, fibre 2.9g, salt 0.46 g

Recipe from olive magazine, July 2007.

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  • 28 March 2008

    GFGrecipes commented on this recipe

    There is no soy listed in the ingredients.

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  • 20 February 2009

    marionsuarez commented on this recipe

    the soy is not listed in the ingredients, so i dont know the amount that i have to put... big mistake!

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  • 25 May 2009

    cathgoodwin rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I just used about a tsp as I still wanted them quite sweet, absolutely gorgeous. Make sure your almonds are really golden, it really brings out the flavour. I think this would work well with asparagus too.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready 10 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 100g blanched almonds
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 400g green beans
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds
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146 kcalories, protein 5.2g, carbohydrate 4.1g, fat 12.1 g, saturated fat 1.1g, fibre 2.9g, salt 0.46 g

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