Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 lb String beans
Salt
1 c Niban dashi
1 tb Sugar
Soy sauce
2 ts Sake
1/4 ts All purpose soy sauce

--------------------------DRESSING-------------------------------
1/2 c White sesame seeds, warmed
-- ground into a paste
3 tb Sake
2 ts Sugar
2 tb All purpose soy sauce

Snip off discard the ends of the green beans cut them into 1/2"
lengths. Drop the beans into 2 c of lightly salted boiling water,
reduce the heat to moderate cook briskly, uncovered, for 8 to 10
minutes, or until the beans are tender but still slightly resistant
to the bite. Drain run them under cold water. In the same pan,
combine the dashi, sugar, 1/4 ts salt, a sprinkle of soy sauce, sake.
Bring to a boil over moderate heat, add the string beans return to
the boil. Remove the pan from the heat cool to room temperature.
DRESSING: Over high heat, heat 3 tb sake to lukewarm. Removepan from
heat ignite the sake with a kitchen match, shaking the pan gently
until the flame dies out. Pour the sake into a small bowl cool to
room temperature. Add the sake, 2 ts sugar and 2 tbs soy sauce to the
previously prepared sesame paste mix together thoroughly. Pour the
sesame dressing into a large bowl, add the drained string beans
toss together until the vegetables are thoroughly coated. Taste for
seasoning adding more salt if necessary. Serve at room temperature in
small bowls, as a first course, salad or part of a Japanese meal.

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