Green and Yellow Bean Salad

Ingredients

• green beans
  1 lb
• yellow wax beans
  1 lb
• minced garlic
  1 tbsp
• peeled and minced ginger
  1 tbsp
• minced jalapeño or serrano chiles

  or to taste
  2 tsp
• fresh lime juice
  ¾ cup
• granulated sugar

  or to taste
  3 tbsp
• low-sodium soy sauce
  ⅓ cup
• toasted sesame oil
  2 tsp
• olive oil or vegetable oil
  ¼ cup
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  1 unit
• thinly sliced crisp fried shallots or garlic

  if desired, for garnish
  1 unit