How to cook beans?

Dishes from stinging beans are rich in vitamins (carotene, B vitamins, folic acid, C, A, E) and minerals (iron, calcium, zinc) and low-calorie.

Useful properties of green beans can be listed for a long time. I note that it is especially advised to use it for women. String beans help to strengthen hair, preserve the skin, prevent breast diseases. For diabetics, the value of beans is that it lowers blood sugar levels. It is noticed that dishes from green beans act soothingly.

Before you can make a string bean, it must be processed and soaked. To do this, cut off the tips of the pods and soak in cold water for about 2-3 hours. Now the beans are ready for cooking.

How much to cook a string bean?

In the boiling water, add pods of beans and close the lid. After 5-8 minutes we check the readiness: the pods should not crunch, but remain firm. It is advised, after cooking, to dip the beans into cold water, in order to prevent the continuation of heat treatment by the pod's own temperature. Prepared in this way, the string bean can be used as an independent dish, adding salt, spices, sprinkling with lemon juice.

How to cook bean pods quickly and delicious? Let's make a casserole. Boil the chopped beans in the water for 3 minutes, recline in a colander, rinse in cold water, let the water drain. In a frying pan, melt butter (margarine), slice tomato pieces, pepper, add beans, pounded garlic, pour over the beaten eggs, cover with a lid. After 2 minutes remove from heat, sprinkle with green onions.

Another version of casserole. Bean pods are prepared as described in the previous recipe. In a frying pan, fry in a vegetable oil mushrooms with onions, add beans, stew for a few more minutes, cover with dense cheese of hard varieties, cover with a lid. When the cheese melts, you can serve on the table.

How to cook beans?

Now you can cook it with meat. Stuff the chicken fry in a frying pan with onion, adding spices and black pepper. Boiled beans put on a baking tray with minced meat on top of a circle of tomatoes, sprinkle with greens of dill, overtake grated cheese. Put into the oven for 10 minutes, bake at medium temperature.

Salad with chicken and green beans. Smoked chicken breast cut into small pieces, pods of frozen beans fry in butter, cut into slices of apple. Put a chicken, beans, apples, green peas in a salad bowl, season with mayonnaise.

String beans are an excellent product for canning. How to cook beans?

Marinated beans.

Pods of young beans are washed, trimmed, cut into pieces, blanched for three minutes in boiling water, cooled in cold water, put in cans over the hangers. Prepare the marinade. For one liter of water, take 100 grams of table vinegar (or slightly more), 50 grams of sugar, 25 grams of salt. Boil and pour the beans in the jars. Pasteurize liter jars at a temperature of 90 degrees for about 30 minutes.

Beans canned with vegetables.

The string bean (5 kg) is washed, cut off the tips, cut into pieces 3-4 cm long, blanch in boiling water for 3-4 minutes, cool in cold water. Onions (1, 2 kg) cut into rings and fry until golden. Carrots (1, 3 kg) and roots (200 g), cut into slices and fry in vegetable oil. Grind the parsley. Now you need to cut healthy green tomatoes (5 kg) into slices, cook in the pelvis for about 15 minutes. Prepared vegetables to put in tomatoes, boil, add parsley. Pour over the cans in a hot form, first putting black pepper on the bottom. Liters can be sterilized in boiling water for 40 minutes.