How to Grow Bean Sprouts (and make Bean Sprout Salad)

Hello everyone, welcome to improved recipes. Today we are

grow

ing a popular Chinese ingredient,

bean

sprout

, it is easy and fun, it can be a nice little project to do with your children and it is much cheaper and healthier to

grow

at home in this video. I will go over every possible problem you may have so that you succeed every time in the end. I'll also share a delicious

bean

sprout

salad

recipe, so let's get started first. Let's talk about what kind of containers you can use. I like it. Use a steamer, the top has holes that allow water to drip out so the beans don't get soaked in water while sprouting.

A rice cooker comes with a steamer attachment like this one, it's also perfect if you don't have them. You can use a plastic basket like this, put it on top of a large pot, that's fine too. You can even use a stainless steel strainer and put it on top of a container that will work just as well no matter what you use,

make

sure to clean them. well, to avoid uncertainties, now let's talk about beings, you can use almost any type, such as soybeans, sweet peas, black beans, the flavors are different, you can try the FEM variations to decide which one is your favorite today, I am going to use mung beans.

As an example, because that is the only good coffee bean I have,

make

sure you choose the newest crop because the older it is, the less chance there is of them sprouting. Some beings are packed in a vacuum bag, please do not use it as the seeds are probably dead due to lack of oxygen, you can ask your supplier to make sure you choose a good germinator, very important. I was trying to germinate soybeans. They were not good quality beans, only half of the seeds sprout, the other half that did not sprout, spoil in the container. and it smells like a hundred pairs of stinky socks just me, you don't want that, how do you count how much it means you can germinate in a container?

Place cheesecloth in the container. Place a layer of dried mung beans to fill 2/3. from the bottom, that is how much you can make with this container when the seeds are rehydrated, they will expand in size 2 to 3 times, then you will have two layers of beans to place in the container, you don't want too many of them cluttered or else , they can't breathe well and that usually leads to bad result, wash them under running water several times, choose the broken ones, if you see any, they will affect the good opinions, then soak them in clean water for 24 hours, this rehydration process is called break dormancy and the monk beings should double in size, they are ready to grow, you should be able to see a small white tail coming out if you don't see any, that means the beans are dead, you can't sprout, drain the water. we can start a germination process slightly moisten the cheesecloth and place it in the steamer let me talk about this for a second cheesecloth it is excellent for sprouting, it maintains a certain amount of moisture and allows the beans to breathe easily plus the cheesecloth reusable kitchen paper Also It will work, it is not paper material, it is like a cloth material and hard to tear.

A towel like this will be too thick and a bit good for sprouting. Can this be done without cheesecloth? Of course, just make sure you water them on time. The humidity level is quite low without the cheesecloth and if you forget to water it once or twice they could die. Fold the cheesecloth to cover the beans. From now on count five to six days, water it twice a day once in the morning. once a night be sure to discard the water that drains because bacteria could grow in your older veins it takes longer for fresh crops to grow it would be faster make sure this whole thing is not completely sealed beans need air to breathe We don't want them to see sunlight or else they will change color and bring a bitter taste.

I'm going to wrap it with April missing fabric, even though it's black you can still see some light, so I'll also put all this in a dark room at the best temperature. It is around 68 degrees Fahrenheit if it is too cold it may take a little longer to grow if it is over 85 degrees Fahrenheit the mung beans will probably go bad the first day all the beans have come out of the skin the little white tail is about 2 / 3 of an inch long, it's kind of cute, the tail is now longer than an inch and there is a thicker center part that appears on day 3.

You can see that the center part is getting longer and thicker, which It will be the best part to cook. It looks good, you can cook it now, but I want this part to grow to 2 inches long. If the temperature, humidity and ltq are good you will have beautiful bean

sprouts

on day 5 as you can see they are now about 2 inches long. is the best time to cook it our two little leaves appear if you see that try not to let them grow more or you will lose some nutrition look at them they are so uniform and look very healthy you can store this in a bag or container and place it in the refrigerator, it will last between five and five.

Now let me share a simple bean sprout

salad

. Put the bean

sprouts

in boiling water. Blanch for 15 seconds. This will eliminate the raw bean flavor. Take them out and spread them out to leave them. the steam evaporates a little and add a bunch of red carrots, some red scallions, dried red chili shards, this is optional, no need to add it if you don't eat spicy food, a little grated garlic, pour a 1 and 1/ 2 tablespoon of hot oil on top to activate the ancient aroma, then you can add the seasonings a teaspoon of Chinese black vinegar 2 teaspoons of oyster sauce and 1 tablespoon of homemade sweet soy sauce with citron.

I do this on my spicy garlic pork belly slices. The recipe is like a spicy, sweet and salty soy sauce, it gives the salad many flavors, mix the salad and you can serve it. This is the easiest way you can use bean sprouts in addition to salad. I've used bean sprouts to stir-fry those rows of spicy poached eggs. beef there are many ways you can use this bean sprout I hope you try growing it soon if you did leave me a comment let me know how it goes thanks for watching to the end I want to quickly talk about a new resource I have for you.

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Thanks again and see you next time.