The sword bean is sweet in taste and warm in nature, and has the functions of warming the spleen and stomach, lowering qi, nourishing the kidneys, and replenishing vitality.
It is suitable for symptoms such as qi stagnation, hiccups, chest tightness, and low back pain.
Tender sword beans are used to cook or make pickles. They are not only delicious, but also have warming and tonic properties. Let me introduce to you how to make sword beans.
How to make shredded garlic beans and potatoes. Potatoes are rich in potassium, zinc, and iron.
The potassium contained in it can prevent the rupture of cerebral blood vessels.
Ingredients: 1 potato, 1 handful of sword beans, 1 piece of tenderloin, 2 dried chili peppers, 3 heads of garlic, appropriate amount of chicken essence, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of light soy sauce, appropriate amount of dark soy sauce, a little sugar, and appropriate amount of abalone juice.
Method: 1. Cut the potatoes into strips (not too thin, as they may break if fried for a long time).
2. Cut the sword beans into 5 cm lengths.
3. Pour the oil into the pan and fry the potato strips over low heat until the potato strips soften and change color. Add the sword beans and sour grains and dried chili peppers.
4. Cut the tenderloin into strips, add starch, cooking wine, white sugar, a little light and dark soy sauce and stir, then take out the meat and put it into the pot to fry together (the heat does not need to be too strong, it is best not to add water).
5. Add chicken essence (abalone juice) and the sword beans become soft, stir-fry and serve.
Tips: 1. Fry the potato strips and sword beans over low heat to prevent them from burning (it will be more fragrant without adding water).
2. Each 100 grams contains 28.7 grams of protein, 37.2 grams of starch, 7.5 grams of soluble sugar, 1.36 grams of lipids, 6.1 grams of fiber, and 1.9 grams of ash.
Efficacy of potato-burned sword beans: sword beans contain uremic enzyme, hemagglutinin, canavanine, etc.; young pods contain gibberellus I and II, etc., which have the effect of treating hepatic coma and anti-cancer.
Stir-fried sword beans with dried prunes and vegetables. The general population can eat sword beans, especially suitable for patients with kidney deficiency, back pain, qi stagnation, hiccups, wind-warm back pain, and hernia in children.
Ingredients: 500 grams of sword beans (green beans), 30 grams of dried prunes, 6 cloves of garlic, 3 red peppers, 30 ml of light soy sauce, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of sugar, and appropriate amount of peanut oil.
Method: 1. Soak dried prunes and vegetables in warm water for 30 minutes.
2. After washing the sword beans, blanch them in boiling water with salt for 3 to 5 minutes to break them.
3. Spread the blanched beans on a plate and place them in a ventilated place to dry!
Or like me, use an electric fan to speed up the drying process.
4. While waiting for the sword beans to dry, prepare 6 garlic cloves and three red peppers.
If you don't like it too spicy, you can use only one red pepper or not.
5. Mince the garlic cloves, soaked prunes, and cut the red pepper into sections.
6. Take a small milk pot and pour an appropriate amount of peanut oil. The amount should be 1cm~2cm higher than the bottom of the pot.
Because a small milk pot is used, the actual amount of oil used is not very large, but it can still achieve the same effect as a large pot of frying.
7. Heat the oil until it is 80% hot, put in the sword beans that have been dried with surface moisture, and fry for 5 minutes until the surface becomes wrinkled.
8. Fried sword beans.
In a separate wok, add a small amount of oil and stir-fry minced garlic and red pepper.
Add the fried sword beans and prunes, add 30 ml of light soy sauce and an appropriate amount of salt, and continue to stir-fry until the sword beans begin to shrivel slightly.
Turn off the heat, add appropriate amount of sugar, stir-fry evenly, and serve!
Tips: 1. The sword beans in this dish can also be made with cowpeas or Northeastern old beans.
Everyone can choose according to their own preferences.
2. If the sword beans are not cooked thoroughly, they can easily cause poisoning.
Therefore, before formal cooking, it is recommended to blanch it in salted boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes.
In this way, the growth can be cut off and the original green color of the sword beans can be maintained.
3. If you feel that it is too greasy after deep-frying, you can blanch it in oil first, or use a kitchen towel to absorb the excess oil after frying.
4. After blanching, the sword beans must be placed in a ventilated place to dry the surface moisture, otherwise, the pan will fry when fried!
Effects of stir-fried sword beans with dried prunes and vegetables: sword beans also have a very good sedative effect on the human body. They can enhance the inhibitory process of the cerebral cortex, making the mind clear and energetic.