1. There are many ways to eat broad beans, which can be boiled, fried and fried, or peeled for cooking or soup after soaking;

2. Making broad bean sprouts is more delicious;

3. Broad bean powder is the raw material for making vermicelli and vermicelli, and can also be processed into bean paste to make cakes;

4. Broad beans can be steamed and processed into canned food, or made into soy sauce, bean paste, sweet noodle paste, hot sauce, etc. Can also be made into various snacks;

5. Broad beans should not be eaten raw, and raw broad beans should be soaked several times before cooking;

6. Shell the broad beans: put the dry broad beans into a ceramic or enamel vessel, add a proper amount of alkali, pour boiling water for one minute, and then peel the broad beans, but wash the peeled broad beans with water to remove the alkali smell.

Precautions:

Young broad beans are seasonal vegetables and should be eaten as soon as possible. After hulling, if the crescent shape at the top of the beans is light green like nails, it means that the broad beans are tender and can be eaten with shells; If it turns black, it means that it is old, and the content of vitamin C will drop slightly.

The tenderness and eating method of broad beans are different. Tender broad beans can be boiled or fried with a little oil, which is tender, smooth and delicious. Old broad beans can be made into bean paste or cooked with eggs, and the entrance is smooth and delicate. The tradition of cooking porridge with broad beans and rice in southern China can increase the content of protein in rice and reduce the loss of nutrition.

If you want broad beans to be delicious, shelling is also very particular. Don't wash peeled broad beans with water, otherwise it will affect their freshness. It's best to break off the pods and squeeze them out. Finally, broad beans should not be eaten raw. Eating too much will swell your stomach and hurt your spleen and stomach.

Broad beans can't be eaten raw. Vicia faba seeds contain nestin glycoside, which can cause acute hemolytic anemia (Vicia faba yellow disease) after human consumption. When eating green beans in spring and summer, if cooked improperly, it will often cause poisoning. And it usually happens 4 to 24 hours after eating raw broad beans. In order to prevent broad bean poisoning, it is best not to eat fresh and tender broad beans, but to cook them before eating.