VEGAN-Sweet and Sour Green Beans

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Sweet-and-Sour Green Beans

 

Recipe By :Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day

Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00

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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 pound green beans -- trimmed and cut into 2-inch lengths

2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce

2 tablespoons ketchup

1 teaspoon red wine vinegar

1 teaspoon cornstarch -- dissolved in 3 T water

1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

1 garlic clove -- minced

1 (8-ounce) can bamboo shoots

or sliced water chestnuts -- drained

1 teaspoon dark sesame oil

 

Place the green beans in a steamer basket and set in a saucepan over 1 inch of

boiling water. Cover and steam until tender-crisp,

about 5 minutes; drain.

 

Combine the soy sauce, ketchup, vinegar, the cornstarch mixture, and the hot

pepper sauce in a small bowl.

 

Spray a nonstick wok or skillet with nonstick spray and set over high heat. Add

the green beans and garlic. Stir-fry the beans 2

minutes; add the soy sauce mixture and cook, stirring, until thickened, about 2

minutes. Stir in the bamboo shoots and drizzle with

the sesame oil. Serve at once.

 

Per serving: 68 calories; 1 g fat; 0 g sat fat; 0 mg chol; 383 mg sod; 12 g

carb; 4 g fib; 3 g prot; 44 mg calc

 

1 POINT per serving

 

S(Formatted by):

" KETS on 1/30/02 "

Copyright:

" 2001 Weight Watchers Int'l Inc. "

 

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 73 Calories; 1g Fat (15.5% calories from

fat); 4g Protein; 14g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary

Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 413mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 2 Vegetable;

0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

 

NOTES : Cook green beans with care; they lose their color if over-cooked. When

buying beans, select crisp, brightly colored pods.

Beans are fresh if when snapped in two, bead of moisture form at the break

point.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0