The market · Vegetables · Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia

Long green beans

Yardlong or snake beans: thinner, denser and less sweet than green beans, they hold up to long stir-frying and pounding in salads.

grassy · sweet · dense

What to do with it

Classics built on it

Goes with

peanutgarlicchillipork

Knowing it

Where to buy
Southeast Asian, Chinese and Indian grocers, in bundles. Pick firm, bendy ones with no swelling seeds.
Worth knowing
Cut into finger lengths and stir-fry or dry-fry them hard until blistered.

More vegetables, in season with it