Flat green beans
The unripe pods of beans, picked before the beans inside swell.
Kinds
- Fine / French
- Thin and tender, for blanching.
- Runner
- Long, flat and coarser; the British allotment bean — slice on the slant.
- Yardlong / snake
- Long and chewy, for stir-fries and sambal.
Knowing it
- Where to buy
- They should snap, not bend.