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Cook green beans in large pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Drain. Cut 2 inches from bottom of each lemongrass stalk; discard tops. Thinly slice bottom pieces; place in processor. Add next five ingredients, chopped basil, and 1/4 cup water. Blend until paste forms.
Ingredients for this step (4 servings)
- 340ggreen beans, trimmed, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces
- 3stalks lemongrass
- 60mlcoarsely chopped fresh basil, plus sliced leaves for garnish
- 60mlwater
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