How to cook frozen green beans
Archaeological excavations indicate that the beans were used in food many centuries ago. It is quite natural, because these beans are nourishing and extremely useful.
Frozen green beans: useful properties
In a string bean there are few calories, so nutritionists recommend its followers of diets and supporters of healthy eating.
The composition of beans is unusually rich - this is carotene, and folic acid, and others. Vitamins - group B, vitamins A and C.
Minerals contained in beans are needed in large quantities by the body. These are iron, potassium, zinc, magnesium, chromium, calcium. There are also beans and fiber, carbohydrates and protein, fats and sugar. These nutrients help maintain the health of the body, protect against the harmful effects of free radicals.
Nutritionists say that the beans must be in the diet of people after 40 years.
At least twice a week you should cook a variety of dishes from these beans.
The useful properties of a string bean are numerous: it markedly improves the functioning of the stomach and intestines, eases bronchitis, rheumatism, skin diseases, and speeds up recovery from intestinal infections, largely due to its sulfur content.
Beans perfectly lowers blood sugar and is therefore indispensable for diabetics.
How to cook frozen green beans?
There are many recipes for chapolis frozen.
One of the most successful is Bulgarian beans.
Composition:
- Beans - 0.5 kg
- Sweet pepper - 2 pcs.
- Fat - 100 g
- Red semisweet wine - 2 tbsp.
- Wine vinegar - 1 tbsp. l
- Ready mustard - 1 tsp.
- Sugar sand - 1/2 tsp.
- Salt - to taste
- Ground black pepper - to taste.
Cooking:
- Cut the tips of the bean pods, rinse in cold water, chop and cook for 3 minutes. in boiling salted water. Then drain it in a colander to completely glass the water.
- In a pan, fry the bacon, remove the bacon, and add salt, sugar, pepper, wine and mustard to the fat, add all to the boil and add the wine vinegar. To the sauce, put the beans, bacon slices and sweet pepper fried a little in another pan. Heat up for a few minutes. When serving, sprinkle beans with fresh herbs.
How to cook frozen green beans?
Cooks are advised to use young beans: it is tender, soft and juicy. It is prepared very quickly - 5 minutes. in boiling water, 8 min. - Steamed, and for the preparation of frozen beans it takes only 2 minutes.
Before cooking, trim the tips of the pods and soak them for 2 hours in cold water. Try to use purified soft water for cooking, avoid aluminum cookware. Immediately close the saucepan with the lid so that the water is more likely to boil, and boil the beans until ready. It should be elastic, but no longer crunch. After removing the beans from the pan, quickly dip them into a bowl of very cold water. So you keep the bright color of the pods. Serve the green beans immediately after it has been boiled, with butter, salt and black pepper.
Frozen green beans salad: a recipe
Green beans - a dietary product, useful for keeping fit. Dishes from these beans, especially salads, are ideal for a balanced diet.
Spicy Bean Salad
Composition:
- Frozen green beans -100 g
- Olives - 50 g
- Hard cheese - 100 g
- Salad - 1 bunch
- Basil -1 bunch
- Parsley - 1 bunch
- Bacon - 100 g
- Sauce:
- Olive oil - 2 tbsp. l
- Vinegar
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Mustard in grains -0.5 tsp.
- Black pepper hammers - 1 pinch
- Salt - to taste
Cooking:
- Dip frozen green beans in boiling water and cook for about 1 minute. Next, put it on the plate and let cool.
- Cut bacon into thin strips. Fry it in olive oil until crisp. Then put strips of bacon on paper napkins to remove excess fat.
- Cut the cheese into cubes. Finely chop the parsley. Tear the salad and basil. Cut the olives in halves.
- Make a salad dressing for mustard, vinegar and olive oil, squeeze a clove of garlic and add a pinch of salt and ground black pepper. Combine the ingredients, pour the dressing and mix.
Green beans are useful for everyone, but especially important in the diet of people who are struggling with excess weight. Cooking frozen beans is quick and easy, making it a welcome dish in the everyday menu.