String beans are indispensable for those who want to ensure a healthy diet for themselves and their loved ones. This is one of the healthiest foods you can serve. Dishes from
frozen green beans have a low calorie content, because the main component contains about 39 kcal per 100 g, with only 0.3 g of fat, 8 g of carbohydrates, but it is rich in fiber - there are almost 4 g per 100 g of product, and several essential vitamins and minerals. Vitamin K helps to recover faster after illness, Vitamin C is one of the most necessary for maintaining health in our body. Manganese is especially useful for older people to fight and prevent osteoporosis, as well as women to suppress premenstrual syndrome. Vitamin A is an excellent antioxidant that will help prevent cancer, heart disease and reduce blood cholesterol. And this is not all, green beans are also rich in B vitamins, calcium, iron and other substances necessary for a healthy diet. If you want to live long, happy and tasty, then you simply must learn how to cook dishes from frozen green beans. Half- and kilogram packets of
useful product are sold in all supermarkets, and are quite cheap, not to mention that unpretentious beans can be grown independently on a personal plot and harvested for the winter.
Dishes from green beans frozen in the factory are no different from those made from fresh. When stored properly, beans have the ability to maintain nutritional value for a fairly long time.
Cooking Frozen Green Beans
From the semi-finished product you can cook a great variety of delicious dishes. This will not take much time, since the product does not need a long heat treatment, and the taste will surprise you indescribably. Beans can be served independently, as an unusual side dish for meat or fish dishes, included in vegetable stews, baked, stewed, fried in an American manner with bacon. Let's take a look at the simplest and quickest recipe “String Beans with Parmesan Cheese. For cooking, we need:
0.5 kg (a little more can be) of frozen beans is just one packet,
2 tbsp. l butter (for those who follow a diet, you can replace it with vegetable),
1 tbsp. l lemon or lime juice,
2 tbsp. l grated Parmesan cheese
salt and black pepper to your taste.
To begin, boil the beans in salted boiling water until tender (about 5-7 minutes), discard in a colander and leave for a minute to allow excess liquid to glass. After putting the product in a deep plate, add the butter, half the cheese (about 1 tbsp.), Lemon juice, salt with a little more if necessary and sprinkle with black pepper. Before serving, garnish with the remaining parmesan. Dishes from frozen green beans are usually very easy to prepare and do not require any special conditions, appliances, spices and other things. To create healthy masterpieces, you will need enough pots and pans.
For example, to surprise loved ones with a delicious and unusual breakfast, offering them green
beans fried with bacon and onions, you need only 20 minutes of time and the following ingredients, which will be enough for 4 servings:
about 250 g of bacon,
1 small, grams per 100, onion, cut into pieces,
1 bag of frozen beans
3 tbsp. l brown cane sugar (which is included in the classic American recipe, you can add it at will)
the necessary amount of salt and black pepper.
Cut the bacon into thin strips and brown in a pan until crispy, transfer to a separate plate. In the same oil where the bacon was fried, bring the onion to a soft, transparent, but not golden color. Add brown sugar as desired. After there, pour a packet of beans and make it ready that it will take you about 5-7 minutes. Next, add the bacon and mix well. And everything, breakfast can be served right there. Now you know for sure what can be prepared from frozen green beans. Just fry or boil the main ingredient, and then act as prompted by the heart and an increased appetite.