4 spicy crunchy beans Recipes

very fresh green beans, stem ends trimmed, rice vinegar, sugar, kosher salt, dried red chiles , such as thai or arbol, pink peppercorns, in.-long piece kombu (dried kelp), lemon, ends removed , halved lengthwise and cut into 1/3-in.-thick slices, seeds removed

vegetable oil, onion, chopped, sweet potato, peeled and diced, garlic cloves, crushed, vegetable broth, grain rice, uncooked, ground thyme, ground cumin, tomato-based salsa, garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained, zucchini, diced, crunchy peanut butter, crushed peanuts (to garnish )

spicy or mild peanut sauce , recipe follows, black bean sauce, hot sauce, shrimp, peeled and de-veined, reduced-sodium chicken broth, creamy (or crunchy ) peanut butter, reduced-sodium soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, hot chili oil, or more to taste (leave this out for mild sauce), chopped fresh cilantro leaves