Ingen goma-ae

Method

1. 1 Remove the fibrous parts from both sides of the green beans and cut them diagonally into 4 cm pieces.
2. 2 Blanch the beans in salted boiling water for 3 minutes, then soak them in ice water for 2 minutes.
3. 3 Green beans need to be blanched for 3 minutes, not 40 seconds like spinach; that's the difference.
4. 4 Squeeze out excess water and let it sit on the paper for 5 minutes to dry.
5. 5 Roast the sesame seeds, then grind them until the oil is released, and mix with soy sauce, sugar, mirin, and dashi.
6. 6 The sauce for the beans needs to be thicker because beans don't absorb sauce as well as leaves; mix it in immediately when serving and sprinkle with black sesame seeds.