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Grilled Long Beans

Serves: 4

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CARIBBEAN
Special Equipment: Vegetable grate (optional)

Long beans (aka yard-long beans) are a traditional Chinese vegetable. Shaped like green beans, but up to 18 inches long, they found their way to the Caribbean via the Chinese indentured laborers who came to Trinidad in the mid 1800s. Long beans taste similar to green beans but are a little earthier. Perhaps the niftiest thing about them is that they are so long, you can tie them into decorative knots.


   1 pound green beans or long beans
   2 tablespoons sesame oil
   Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
   1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted


1. Preheat the grill to high.

2. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the beans until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Refresh under cold running water and drain well. Cut each bean into 8- to 9-inch lengths and tie each into a loose knot (see Note). Let dry on paper towels.

3. When ready to cook, preheat a vegetable grate (if using) for 5 minutes. Brush the knotted beans with sesame oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Arrange on the hot grate and grill, turning with tongs, until nicely browned, 4 to 6 minutes in all. Transfer the long beans to plates or a platter, sprinkle with the sesame seeds, and serve immediately.

Serves 4

Note: If using regular beans, thread them, 4 or 5 at a time, crosswise on short bamboo skewers that have been soaked in cold water for 1 hour and drained. Young, slender green beans don’t need to be parboiled.

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