The health-preserving effects of black beans have been highly praised by famous doctors throughout the ages: from the famous doctor Chen Zangqi of the Tang Dynasty to the imperial physician Liu Yade of the Ming Dynasty and the medical scientist Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty, they all highly appreciated the health-preserving effects of black beans. At present, some researchers have found that black beans can lower blood fat and cholesterol. When Shan Yatou was communicating with several buyer friends yesterday, some of them said they bought black beans to nourish the kidneys. It seems that black beans do have many health-preserving and disease-treating effects. So, how to eat black beans? But it became a problem. Because many friends have only heard of black beans, but they really don’t know how to eat black beans. So, how to cook black beans? How to eat black beans? Generally speaking, the ways of eating black beans can be summarized into the following categories: 1. Black beans soaked in vinegar. Everyone is very familiar with black beans soaked in vinegar, so I won’t go into details. 2. Boiled black beans. The method of boiling black beans is very simple. Just wash the black beans with clean water to remove the dust on the black beans, and then boil them directly in the pot. Cook until it is as soft as you like. Some people prefer to eat black beans that are a bit tough; some friends prefer to eat the kind that is boiled and soft. So how soft the black beans are is up to everyone. The advantage of boiling black beans is that you can eat the anthocyanins in the skin of the black beans without wasting them. 3. Black bean porridge There are many kinds of black bean porridge, such as millet black bean porridge, black bean, wolfberry and red date porridge, etc. Black beans and other ingredients are used to cook porridge for more comprehensive nutrition. 4. Black bean stew. Black beans and other vegetables, such as chicken, dog meat, fish, etc., can be used to make many medicinal stews with medicinal value. 5. Black beans can be used with meals. Black beans can be made into cold dishes, which is great when eating porridge. 6. Black bean snacks: honey-soaked black beans, fried black beans. Both are great black bean snacks. Once it's ready, store it and you can eat it whenever you want. 7. Black bean soy milk. Some buyers and friends bought black beans for the first time and said they didn’t know how to eat black beans and whether they could make soy milk. These friends who buy black beans for the first time mostly need to eat black beans because they are sick or to replenish their kidneys. Many buyer friends said: Black bean soy milk tastes pretty good. 8. Black bean dregs cake Black bean dregs cake is a subsidiary product of black bean milk. When some friends drink soy milk, the bean dregs are not filtered and they are boiled and drank. They say the taste is quite good. Some friends simply like soy milk, so it would be a pity to throw away part of the okara every day. This black bean okara can be added with other auxiliary ingredients to make okara cakes with various flavors. Shan Yatou has written about the making of black bean dregs cake in a previous blog post. Interested friends can check it out in the black bean group of the blog post. It's very simple, just use your hands and the problem will be solved. Although black beans are a single bean, there are many ways to eat them. You can eat them however you like. Finally, Shan Yatou will insert an advertisement: Friends who like coarse grains grown on the mountain ridges that have not been contaminated by pesticides, growth promoters, hormones, insecticides, preservatives, and moth-proofing chemicals, come and check out Shan Yatou’s millet and black beans. , oatmeal, flaxseed, etc.