Asparagus bean, like all its relatives, is a rich pantry of vegetable protein, which is available for consumption at any time of the year, as in the season beans can be bought fresh, and in the cold season - frozen. On how to make asparagus beans, we'll talk in the recipes next.
Asparagus beans marinated in Korean
Ingredients:
- asparagus beans - 500 g;
- garlic cloves - 3 pcs .;
- sesame seed oil - 40 ml;
- soy sauce - 85 ml;
- sugar - 3 g.
Preparation
Blanch the string bean for 4-5 minutes, after which we immediately fill it with ice water. We make a simple marinade from soy sauce, butter, garlic and sugar. Pour marinade beans and leave it in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
Salad with asparagus with walnuts
Dishes from the asparagus beans are what you need to celebrate the spring. Light salad with nuts, beans and feta cheese will help to feel the freshness of warm days.
Ingredients:
- string beans - 210 g;
- feta cheese - 100 g;
- handful of walnut kernels;
- cauliflower - 50 g;
- lemon juice and olive oil.
Preparation
In salted boiling water we blanch small inflorescences of cauliflower and bean pods. Spread the vegetables in a salad bowl and pour a simple dressing from butter and lemon to taste, so they absorbed the taste, until they had cooled down. Before serving, sprinkle a light salad with cheese and nuts.
Salad from the asparagus beans
Ingredients:
- Dried chickpeas - 150 g;
- asparagus beans - 250 g;
- parsley;
- radish - 45 g;
- garlic clove;
- mayonnaise;
- lemon juice.
Preparation
The day before the salad preparation, soak chickpeas in cold water and leave to swell. Boil the swollen beans until soft. Blanch the asparagus beans in boiling water for about 4 minutes, then pour the pods with iced water to stop the cooking process. If the bean is too large, cut it in half or three pieces. While the beans and chickpeas are still warm, mix them together, add parsley and sliced radish. In the stupa rub garlic with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper, mix garlic with mayonnaise, lemon juice to taste and water, in which blanched beans. Season the salad and serve immediately.
Soup with asparagus beans - recipe
If you want to cook dishes from frozen asparagus beans, then it is better to not find soup options. At once about two delicious recipes read below
.Ingredients:
- butter - 42 g;
- garlic cloves - 2 pcs .;
- leek - 95 g;
- white onion - 90 g;
- celery - 85 g;
- tomatoes in its own juice - 820 g;
- vegetable broth - 500 ml;
- carrots - 70 g;
- spinach - 50 g;
- asparagus beans - 130 g;
- cheese.
Preparation
Spagering onions with garlic, carrots, celery and leeks, add tomatoes to them in their own juice, pour in broth and mix. When the liquid comes to a boil, reduce the heat to medium and leave everything to languish under the lid for 20 minutes. 5 minutes before cooking, put the asparagus beans, and for a minute - a handful of fresh spinach. Serve the soup with plenty of greens and grated cheese on top.
Soup with asparagus beans and bacon
Ingredients:
- butter - 25 g;
- bacon - 300 g;
- white onion - 90 g;
- potatoes - 200 g;
- broth - 1 l;
- garlic cloves - 2 pcs .;
- white beans (canned) - 200 g;
- asparagus beans - 200 g;
- spinach - 300 g.
Preparation
On the melted butter fry the slices of bacon to a crunch, shift it to a plate, and on the drowned fat we pass onions and garlic. After 2 minutes to the frying we add potatoes and fill it with broth. Another 10 minutes and you can put canned beans with spinach and pods of asparagus beans. Add the spices and beat the soup with a blender. Serve with crispy bacon.