Bean culture is very popular in cooking, because many tasty and nutritious dishes can be prepared from it. Especially for you, we have selected some interesting recipes for making asparagus beans.

What are asparagus beans?

Asparagus beans are unripe green pods of asparagus varieties. They have a delicate sweet taste and a lot of useful substances. When the long pod of young asparagus breaks, a characteristic crunch arises. If you buy a frozen crop, then it should not be too thick. This means that it has already begun to ripen and contain coarse fibers.

Asparagus Bean Salad

This recipe for asparagus bean salad shows that a healthy and tasty dish can be prepared quickly, cheaply and simply.

Please note - before cooking beans, it is better to hold it in water for several hours. So the excess oligosaccharides will leave the asparagus.

Structure:

  • 1 kg of string beans;
  • 2 garlic cloves;
  • 4 eggs;
  • 1 teaspoon of vinegar;
  • 50 g butter;
  • mayonnaise;
  • spice.
  1. Here's how to cook:
  2. Boil eggs in water with vinegar. This secret will help to avoid cracks in the shell. Peel and cut the eggs into small cubes.
  3. Rinse the pods, cut off the tips and dip in boiling salted water. Cook for 13 minutes. After that, chop the pods or divide into 4 parts (if it is a long bean).
  4. Grease the pan with butter and let it glow. Then fry the beans for 5 minutes (a golden crust should appear).
  5. Combine asparagus and eggs, add crushed garlic cloves.
  6. Serve immediately after cooking, seasoning with mayonnaise and seasoning to taste.

Egg Fried Recipe

You can cook asparagus beans with eggs. This option is a simple scrambled eggs with vegetables, but believe me, the taste will pleasantly surprise you.Having tried such a simple recipe, you will often cook it, because it is appetizing and useful at the same time!

What we will do:

  • 300 g of green beans;
  • 2 chicken eggs;
  • 1 tomato
  • 1 onion;
  • 2 branches of dill;
  • sunflower oil;
  • a pinch of ground black pepper;
  • salt, spices.

How to do:

  1. Wash the asparagus, trim the ends and cut the pods into 3 parts.
  2. In a container with boiling salt water, lower the asparagus for 4 minutes. Then send to cool in a colander.
  3. Cut the tomato and onion into medium slices, chop the dill as for a vegetable salad.
  4. In another bowl, beat eggs with salt and pepper.
  5. In a frying pan in oil, fry the onions.
  6. Add asparagus to the onion, salt and season with spices. To interfere.
  7. Pour in beaten eggs and stir again.
  8. When the eggs are thickened - add tomato slices and greens, mix.
  9. Cook a couple more minutes. Serve hot.

How to deliciously put out chicken

Asparagus beans go well with chicken. If you like chicken and vegetables, then pay attention to this recipe. The resulting dish can please the household for lunch or dinner. And most importantly - thanks to a combination of ingredients, there will be no severity after eating.

Ingredients:

  • two chicken breasts;
  • one onion and carrots;
  • a pound of green beans;
  • half bell pepper;
  • one bunch of parsley and dill;
  • salt, seasoning.

What to do:

  1. In a pan, start frying the chicken with spices.
  2. When the pieces of meat begin to brown, add carrots, grated.
  3. Onion cut into half rings and garlic rings. Once everything is chopped - send to the pan.
  4. Cut the pepper into strips and attach to the chicken when a crust begins to appear on it.
  5. Add asparagus, cover and cook for 10 minutes over low heat.
  6. Finely chop the herbs and send to the rest of the ingredients.
  7. Before turning off the fire, mix. Then cover and let stand for several minutes.

Asparagus Beans Garnished

In this recipe, bean pods are soft, aromatic, and delicious. Garnish served with asparagus for meat or as an independent dish.

Recipe Components:

  • 1000 g asparagus;
  • 1 large onion;
  • 2 tomatoes;
  • 4 garlic cloves;
  • half a teaspoon of sugar;
  • olive and sunflower oils;
  • salt pepper.

How to cook:

  1. Wash asparagus, dry, remove veins. Then cut into pieces a few centimeters. If you took frozen pods, then thaw them before cutting.
  2. Chop the onion and fry in hot oil.
  3. When the onion turns golden - add asparagus. Keep all this in a closed skillet over a maximum heat of about 6 minutes. Do not forget to stir!
  4. Cut the tomatoes into small pieces, chop the garlic. Add them when the color of the pods turns bright green, and simmer for 25 minutes in a covered pan and over low heat.
  5. Then season with salt, sugar and pepper. Keep on the stove for no more than 12 minutes.
  6. Sprinkle with olive oil before serving.

Cooking in Greek

Asparagus beans are characterized by a delicate taste and pleasant aroma, however, some are skeptical of asparagus. If you have never cooked this bean but want to try it, then use this interesting recipe for a Greek dish.

We will need:

  • asparagus beans - 200 g;
  • one large onion head;
  • one carrot;
  • three potatoes;
  • four tomatoes;
  • tomato paste - 400-500 ml;
  • garlic - 3 cloves;
  • a bunch of parsley and dill;
  • sugar, salt, pepper.

How to cook:

  1. Wash the beans and cut off the excess elements (tails and veins).
  2. Cut the onion into small cubes.
  3. Finely chop the garlic.
  4. Chop the carrots into strips.
  5. Cut the potatoes into slices.
  6. In a deep hot pan, send the onion to fry.
  7. Once it turns golden - add the garlic.
  8. After a couple of minutes - add potatoes, carrots and beans.
  9. After a few minutes - add tomato paste, tomatoes, a pinch of sugar and finely chopped parsley.
  10. Reduce the heat to a minimum, close the lid and cook it all for about 60 minutes, remembering to stir occasionally.
  11. After 50 minutes, season with spices and sprinkle with dill.
  12. Before serving, garnish the finished portion with grated cheese.

In Korean

This recipe is recommended for lovers of pickled Korean salads and various spicy dishes.

To make from:

  • a pound of green beans;
  • one onion (you can do without it);
  • one large carrot;
  • a pair of garlic cloves;
  • 3 teaspoons 9% vinegar;
  • two bay leaves;
  • sunflower oil;
  • salt;
  • sugar;
  • than we will season the carrots: ½ teaspoon of black and red ground peppers, one teaspoon of coriander.

How to do:

  1. At the washed pods, cut off the ends and cut into 3.5 cm pieces.
  2. Grate the carrots coarsely.
  3. Pods cook for several minutes in salt water with the addition of parsley.
  4. Cool ready-made pods in cold water. This secret will help keep the bright green color of the asparagus intact.
  5. Garlic squeeze through the press.
  6. In a bowl, combine asparagus, carrots, onions (if you decide to do with it), garlic and seasonings for Korean carrots (those indicated in the ingredients).
  7. Heat oil in a pan, add vinegar.
  8. Pour the resulting hot mixture into spices. Add salt and sugar as needed.
  9. Mix all products well, put in a container and put away in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours.

Pickled Asparagus Beans for the Winter

Do you like asparagus? Try pickling it for the winter!

For this recipe you will need:

  • 300 g asparagus;
  • 800 ml of water;
  • 2 tablespoons 6% vinegar;
  • 6 medium garlic cloves;
  • sunflower oil;
  • salt.

Cooking method:

  1. Pre-sterilize the jars and put on the stove dishes with hot water for the marinade.
  2. Prepare asparagus - wash and cut the veins.
  3. As soon as the water boils, salt and pepper it, pour vinegar and oil, then send 3 garlic cloves and a lavrushka there. Boil this composition for about 8 minutes, then add the beans and keep on fire for another 17 minutes over low heat.
  4. At the end of this time - toss the remaining 3 garlic cloves and remove from the stove in order to cool slightly.
  5. Then put in a cool place for 4-5 hours.
  6. The final stage of the recipe is shifting into a jar and rolling up the lid.

Slow cooker soup

The first dishes with asparagus beans will diversify your menu and will delight you with their unusual taste.

Required Products:

  • 0.3 kg of asparagus beans;
  • 0.3 kg of meat (at your discretion);
  • 2-3 potatoes;
  • one each of onions, carrots and sweet peppers.

How to cook:

  1. Wash and peel the vegetables.
  2. Wash the meat and send to cook in a slow cooker for 120 minutes, turning on the “Soup” program.
  3. Chop the onions, chop the carrots with medium strips, chop the pepper into cubes or straws, chop the garlic in two or leave whole, cut the potatoes into cubes.
  4. Put vegetables cook on the stove for half an hour. Add them to the slow cooker 25 minutes before the end of the mode.
  5. Cut asparagus into pieces or leave long pods. Simmer in a pan in oil and a small amount of water for no longer than 15 minutes.
  6. Half an hour before the end of the regime send vegetables to the slow cooker. Cook for a few minutes, then toss the beans.
  7. Before serving, garnish the soup with herbs.

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