Green beans: recipes

Beans - another American at our table, she appeared in Europe thanks to Columbus. It can not be said that she immediately acquired admirers: for a long time it was grown as a decorative shrub. In Russia, it came from France, and its first name was French beans. Beans are used in food both in immature and mature form.

Especially it is loved in the south: in South America, Southern Europe, Transcaucasia and, of course, China. In Russia it is less popular, the national cuisine almost does not know the green beans. And this is a big omission. Green string beans are rich in vitamins, it contains the whole gamut of nutrients that are necessary to preserve health and youth, the latter especially applies to women. Green beans abound with vitamins A, B, C, E, PP. In addition, like all legumes, it has iron and calcium in its composition, and, of course, the most valuable - vegetable protein. For vegetarians, it's just a godsend.

I must say that beans are also a low-calorie product. Bean diets are one of the most effective for preserving the figure. Green beans perfectly satisfy hunger, so the bean diet is very easy to keep. Only to eat it in its raw form is extremely undesirable: it contains poisonous substances, which, however, are neutralized without residue by a 15-minute cooking.

Green beans: recipes for those who want to lose weight.

• Finely chopped potatoes are thrown into boiling water, when it is already half ready, add shredded cabbage and chopped green beans. A few minutes before full readiness, we season the dish with green onions and parsley. This soup contains only 45 kcal / 100 g. Ingredients: water - 2 liters, medium potatoes - 3 pcs, cabbage and green beans - 150 g.
• Prepare green beans for steaming for better preservation of vitamins, pour it with lemon juice and vegetable, preferably olive oil. This salad has a caloric content of 41kal / 100 g.

Green beans: recipes for those who want to eat deliciously:

• From Indian cuisine. Prepare pork chops, stuff them with a mixture of white bread soaked in milk, eggs, fried onions, parsley and sew. Fry the chops on melted butter. For the sauce, tomatoes, garlic, rosemary, cook for about 10 minutes in cream, add spices. For a garnish, cook the green beans, drain the water, add butter and sprinkle with greens. Ingredients: pork - 300 g, oil - 50 g, fresh tomatoes - 200 g, cream - 1 cup, green beans - half a kilogram, olive oil - 20 g, garlic - 2, denticles
• But the Georgian dish: cook 1 kg of sliced beans. Drain the water, cover with spring onions, greens, seasonings and simmer on melted butter 10 min. Fry the chicken and cut it into portions. Squeeze the whey from sour milk and whip with half a glass of boiled water. Lay the chicken pieces on a dish with beans and pour sauce from sour milk.

Green beans: recipes for those who like salads

• Fragrant salad: Cook 500g of green beans as usual, for 10 minutes, then in a separate bowl mix garlic (two cloves), finely chopped onion, lean oil (4 tablespoons) and vinegar. Pour the cooked beans with this mixture and refrigerate for two hours.
• Clean young beans from veins and cut and boil in salt water. Cut the sausage and mix with the beans. Add vinegar, olive oil, parsley, onion, ground pepper. Cut the tomatoes in circles and put them on top.
• Peel the string bean and boil it in salted water for 3 minutes. Fry the onion in oil and add the beans to the pan, cook over low heat for 10 minutes. When the beans are ready, sprinkle it with grated Parmesan and mix. Then, cover the entire surface of the bean with pieces of cheese and cover with a lid. When the cheese melts, the dish is considered ready.

Green beans: recipes for pickling

• Cut the young beans (600g) and densely put in a liter jar, pour 5% with salt solution and sterilize for half an hour. After that, add two tablespoons of concentrated acetic essence to the jar and roll it with a lid.