Green Bean Shiraae Recipes

Steps:

• Combine vegetables in a large bowl.
• In a small bowl, mix together oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, and water. Pour over vegetables, and stir to coat. Refrigerate, covered, for 4 hours or overnight.

Steps:

• 1) Cut off tips of green beans and cut into 1-1/2" pieces on the diagnol
• 2) Blanch green beans in boiling water, drain
• 3) Place tofu into a cotton tea towel (flour sack), twist top and begin to gently squeeze to remove liquid from tofu. Do not squeeze to quickly or with too much pressure as tofu will squeeze thru the towel. You want to keep as a large bundle, continually applying pressure to drain liquid.
• 4) Using a mortar and pestle grind the sesame seeds, remove to small bowl and add miso, sugar and soy sauce. Mix to dissolve sugar and form a loose paste that can coat beans.
• 5) In a large mixing bowl combine green beans and dressing, add tofu breaking up into small crumbles.
• 6) Garnish with additional toasted sesame seeds.
• Can be made with spinach