Asian Egg & Bean Salad
Sesame, Soy, Fresh Chilli, Lime, Soya Beans & Mangetout
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- 160 g frozen soya beans
- 160 g mangetout
- 1 fresh red chilli
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 limes
- 2 tablespoons tahini
- 1 tablespoon low-salt soy sauce
Instructions
- Cook the eggs in a pan of boiling salted water for 6 minutes, adding the soya beans and mangetout to blanch for just the last 2 minutes, then drain it all.
- Meanwhile, halve and deseed the chilli, peel the garlic, then pound both into a paste in a pestle and mortar.
- Finely grate the zest of 1 lime on to a board for later, then squeeze all the juice into the mortar and muddle in with the tahini.
- Stir in the soy to taste, using it to season the dressing.
- Toss the veg with 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil and divide between your plates.
- Peel the eggs and sit them on top.
- Spoon over the dressing, burst the eggs, and finish with a sprinkling of lime zest.