Dishes from knock beans - are rich in vitamins (carotene, B vitamins, folic acid, C, A, E) and minerals (iron, calcium, zinc) and low calorie.
The beneficial properties of green beans can be listed for a long time. I note that women are especially advised to use it. String beans helps strengthen hair, preserve skin, and prevent breast diseases. For diabetics, the value of beans is that it lowers blood sugar. It has been observed that green beans are soothing.
Before you cook green beans , it must be processed and soaked. To do this, cut off the ends of the pods and soak in cold water for about 2-3 hours. Now the beans are ready to cook.
How to cook green beans?
In boiling water, add the bean pods and close the lid. After 5-8 minutes, we check the readiness: the pods should not crunch, but remain solid. After cooking, it is advised to lower the beans in cold water to prevent the heat treatment from continuing with its own temperature of the pods. Beans prepared in this way can be used as an independent dish by adding salt and spices, sprinkled with lemon juice.
How to cook green beans fast and tasty? Make a casserole. Boil chopped bean pods in water for 3 minutes, recline in a colander, rinse in cold water, let the water drain. Melt butter in a pan (margarine), add slices of tomatoes, bell pepper, add beans, crushed garlic, quickly pour over with beaten eggs, cover. After 2 minutes, remove from heat, sprinkle with green onions.
Another option is casserole. Prepare the bean pods as described in the previous recipe. In a pan, fry mushrooms with onions in vegetable oil, add beans, stew for a few more minutes, cover with thick cheese of hard varieties, cover. When the cheese melts, you can serve it on the table.
How to cook green beans ?
Now you can cook it with meat. Minced chicken fried in a pan with onion, adding spices and black pepper. Put boiled beans on a baking sheet with minced meat, cover with tomato slices on top, sprinkle with dill, and grated cheese. Put in the oven for 10 minutes, bake at medium temperature.
Salad with chicken and green beans. Cut smoked chicken breast into small pieces, fry the frozen bean pods in butter, cut the apple into slices. Put chicken, beans, apples, green peas in a salad bowl, season with mayonnaise.
Green beans are an excellent canning product. How to cook canned green beans?
Pickled Beans.
Wash the young bean pods, cut, cut into slices, blanch for three minutes in boiling water, cool in cold water, put on the shoulders in banks. Prepare the marinade. For one liter of water, take 100 g of table vinegar (or a little more), 50 grams of sugar, 25 grams of salt. Boil and pour the beans in jars. Pasteurize liter cans at a temperature of 90 degrees for about 30 minutes.
Beans, canned with vegetables.
Wash green beans (5 kg), cut off the ends, cut into 3-4 cm slices, blanch in boiling water for 3-4 minutes, cool in cold water. Onion (1, 2 kg) cut into rings and fry until golden brown. Peel the carrots (1, 3 kg) and roots (200 g), cut into circles and also fry in vegetable oil. Grind parsley. Now you need to cut healthy green tomatoes (5 kg) into slices, cook in a basin for about 15 minutes. Put the prepared vegetables in tomatoes, boil, add parsley. Pour hot over the jars, after putting black pepper on the bottom. Liter jars sterilized in boiling water for 40 minutes.