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  • Vegan/Vegetarian Recipe: Japanese-style String Beans and Tofu

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    Vegan/Vegetarian Recipe: Japanese-style String Beans and Tofu
    Prep: 2~ min Cook: 5~ min Servings: 2
    by Robert-Gilles Martineau
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    Here is a simple and popular Japanese recipe that can please anyone, vegans, vegetarians and omnivores alike: String Beans and Tofu!

    Ingredients

    • String Beans, 5~6
    • Tofu: half a block
    • Miso (of your choice), 1 teaspoon
    • Mirin/sweet sake, half a teaspoon
    • Sugar, half a teaspoon
    • Freshly crushed Sesame seeds (do it in a mortar with pestle)

    Directions

    1. -Drain water form tofu and roughly mix with miso, mirin and sugar.
    2. -Peel away strings if any, cut beans into 4cm trunks and boil for 40 seconds. The beans should still be a bit crispy. Drain and let cool.
    3. -Drop beans into tofu. Mix roughly with a spoon, cutting the tofu into small bits as in above pic.
    4. -Sprinkle with sesame powder before serving.
    5. Enjoy!
    6. Naturally, this could be one of a whole plate of vegan/vegetarian snacks.
    7. One can also add lightly boiled carrots. The combinations are endless!

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