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                    Chinese-Style Spicy String Beans

Recipe By     : Bon Appetit  March 1998
Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Beans & Peas                     Bon Appetit Magazine
               Chinese                          To Post

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1      pound         slender green beans -- ends trimmed
  1      tablespoon    sesame seeds
  2      tablespoons   hoisin sauce
  1      tablespoon    soy sauce
  1 1/2  teaspoons     chili-garlic sauce
  3      tablespoons   water
  2      teaspoons     cornstarch
  2                    green onions -- chopped

Cook green beans in large pot of boiling salted water until
crisp-tender, about 4 minutes.  Drain green beans well.

Stir sesame seeds in large nonstick skillet over high heat until
golden, about 1 minute.  Transfer seeds to small bowl.  Add hoisin
sauce, soy sauce and chili-garlic sauce to skillet.  Stir water and
cornstarch in small bowl until cornstarch dissolves; stir into
mixture in skillet.  Add green beans to skillet.  Place skillet over
medium-high heat.  Toss beans until sauce thickens and coats beans,
about 2 minutes.  Mix in green onions.  Transfer to shallow bowl.
Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

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