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Petjel-Blanched Vegetables with Peanut Sauce
  • 10 MINUTES COOK TIME
  • 20 MINUTES TOTAL TIME
PHOTO BY LAURA HEINEMAN

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 gallon water
  • 1 string beans
  • 1 Lb bean sprouts
  • 1 cabbage

Ingredients for Peanut Sauce:

  • 1 lime
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1 jalapeño
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp ginger, ground
  • 2 Tbsp peanut butter, natural

Directions

Mise en Place

  • Place a stock pot filled with a gallon of water over medium heat and bring to a boil.
  • Wash the fresh vegetables
  • Remove both ends from the string beans and the bean sprouts.
  • Remove the cabbage heart and divide cabbage into 4 pieces.
  • Squeeze juice from the lime
  • Peel the garlic and onion
  • Remove seeds from the jalapeño
  • Measure out all ingredients

Blanch the Vegetables

  • Once water is boiling, place the cabbage in the pot and let it cook for 5-7 minutes
  • After this time, remove cabbage from the pot and run under cold water. Be sure to drain well and set aside on a large plate.
  • Allow water to return to a boil and place string beans into the pot and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Remove from the pot and run under cold water, draining well. Set aside on the plate with cabbage.
  • Place bean sprouts into boiling water and let it cook for 1 minute.
  • Remove sprouts from the pot and run under cold water, drain, and place on the plate.

Prepare the Peanut Sauce

  • In a blender, add lime juice, garlic, onion, jalapeño, salt, honey, cayenne pepper, ginger, and peanut butter.
  • Blend to a smooth consistency
  • If the sauce is too thick, add 1/3 C water and blend

Serve

  • Place the blanched cabbage, string beans, and bean sprouts onto a plate.
  • Drizzle 1-3 Tbsp of peanut sauce onto the vegetables.
  • Serve and enjoy!

Notes:
Vegetable alternatives include broccoli, cauliflower, carrots
If allergic to peanuts, use any type of nut butter

Recipe in Action

  • 4 Servings
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Click here for Nutrition Facts Nutrition Tip

Cabbage is packed full of nutritents like fiber, vitamin C, and potassium.

Cultural Facts

Long beans, named Kou-se-band is one of the widely used vegetables in the Surinamese kitchen.

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