Many people prefer Asian cuisine. I especially like Korean dishes, including green beans with marinated vegetables. But it should be noted that there are features of preparing vegetable snacks for the winter.
Features of Korean cuisine
The history of the Korean people is rich in historical events related to wars. The invaders not only brought troubles and sorrows, ruined the peasants, but also introduced their traditions into the culture of the people. This also applies to cooking. The Japanese introduced local residents to vegetable dishes and taught them to season them with hot spices, including red pepper.
When talking about Korean cuisine, we mean the health and benefits that vegetable dishes bring. The recipes for preparing them are simple and do not require time or energy. Many dishes are based on carrots. Korean chefs know how to intelligently combine products, limiting the use of sugar and salt. The products undergo heat treatment for a short time. Therefore, green vegetables are stewed, which is good for the stomach, and vitamins are better preserved.
The benefits and harms of green beans
Young bean pods with unripe fruits are beneficial for the human body, as they contain many vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, zinc, potassium, and sulfur. The vegetable crop is distinguished by its low calorie content - just over 23 kilocalories per hundred grams of product. When boiled, the activity of the basic substances of the plant is fully preserved. The beneficial effects of green beans on the human body include:
- removal of waste and toxins from the digestive system;
- supplying cells with biological building material;
- improving the body's performance;
- fight against inflammation, pathogenic microorganisms;
- prevention of heart attacks and strokes.
It is useful for men to eat asparagus. Zinc in the pods has a positive effect on the genital area, improving its functioning and reducing the risk of developing inflammatory processes.
But there are also contraindications to eating green pods. Recipes containing beans should not be used by persons suffering from stomach ulcers, cholecystitis, colitis, or pancreatitis. Excessive consumption of asparagus products will cause discomfort in the digestive tract and accelerate the process of gas formation.
Korean green beans
Korean-style green beans are prepared for the winter using carrots and a mixture of spices. Place peeled and chopped pods in a bowl, pour boiling water over them, and cook for about five minutes. To preserve color, green foods are immersed in cold water. After holding for one or two minutes, place in a bowl, add grated carrots and chopped four cloves of garlic. The mixture is stirred and placed in clean glass jars.
Prepare a marinade from three hundred milliliters of water, one and a half tablespoons of sugar, and one and a half teaspoons of salt. After boiling the liquid, you need to pour in three tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. Pour the prepared marinade over the green beans. Now all that remains is for the jars to undergo pasteurization for 20-25 minutes and then seal.
Pickled green beans cook quickly and store well in a cool place.
But many people believe that it is better to boil asparagus before canning. There are recipes for preparing vegetables this way.
Boil the chopped beans for five minutes in lightly salted water. While it is thrown into a colander, it drains, cut the onion into half rings, and grate the carrots. Mix vegetables with chopped garlic, sprinkle with pepper and coriander. The pods placed in jars are interspersed with prepared products. To prepare the marinade, take two hundred milliliters of water - apple cider vinegar (25 milliliters), five black peppercorns, three cloves, two lava leaves, forty grams of sugar, five salt. Be sure to add one hundred milliliters of vegetable oil. Boiling liquid is poured into containers with pods. Tender beans are ready for the winter.
Housewives' opinion
Canned green beans are known for their health benefits. It is especially recommended to include it in the diet of diabetics.Korean recipes are easy to prepare. You don’t have to spend a lot of time, everything is done quickly, as if you were preparing a salad for lunch. There are few ingredients in this dish; they are always at hand. And in winter, the greenery of the pods will remind you of summer and provide vitamins to improve your health.
Winter preparation is suitable as an addition to stewed meat, liver, and is served as a separate dish. Korean recipes for pickled products are widely used by experienced housewives all over the world, because the preparations have a unique taste and help increase appetite with their spicy aroma and appearance. But lovers of green beans always remain slim and do not suffer from excess weight.
