Spicy green beans recipe

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An ideal vegetarian side dish to go with a Thai curry.

Serves 8

450g (1lb) fine French beans, topped and tailed
1tbsp vegetable oil
1tbsp Thai red curry paste
3tbsp soy sauce
2tsp sugar
2tbsp fish sauce
3 kaffir lime leaves, rehydrated, then shredded
Blanch the beans in boiling water for 2 minutes and refresh under cold running water. Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the curry paste for 2 minutes. Add the beans, 6tbsp water, soy sauce, sugar, fish sauce and lime leaves and cook until the beans are tender.

Per serving: 42cals, 2g fat, 0.5g saturated fat, 5g carbohydrate

This recipe appeared in Woman & Home in May 2005