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Grilled Snake Bean and Basil Salad

You can add other vegetables to this salad. Asparagus goes really well.
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Asian

Ingredients
  

  • 1 bunch snake beans or 500g green beans
  • 1 clove garlic peeled
  • 1 bird's-eye chilli seeds and stem removed
  • 2 tbsp golden syrup or 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • juice of 1 lime
  • 1 c cherry tomatoes halved
  • 1 c loosely packed Thai basil leaves

Method
 

  1. Trim the hard ends from the beans. Heat a BBQ grill to high and grill the beans for about 5 minutes, turning regularly until they are softened and slightly charred. Cut into 5cm lengths. In a large mortar and pestle pound the garlic and chilli to a coarse paste. Add the golden syrup, fish sauce and lime juice and mix well. Add the cherry tomatoes and bruise with the pestle to extract their juices. Taste and adjust seasoning. Stir the grilled beans through the dressing and toss with the basil leaves.

Notes

Source: Women's Weekly "After Work Fast"