Chinesee Yard Beans (Asparagus Beans)

[Chuckie]

The E-V-I-L dwayner gave us a packet of seeds, and they are going BATSHIT CRAZY!!! Recipes I find online say they don't take "too well to H20"--as in they should be stir-fried or braised, NOT boiled. Below is what I found on the harvest-to-table website:

Long beans can be stir-fried, stewed, braised, sautéed, shallow-fried, and deep-fried.
Long bean flavor intensifies with cooking. Stir-fry long beans until just tender crunchy.
Steam long beans until just tender about 3 to 7 minutes.
Braise long beans for 20 minutes with other vegetables and meats, best in a garlicky or oniony braising liquid. Dark green long beans are best suited for braising.
The taste of yard-long beans intensifies with cooking; they become nutty, chewy and firm.

Any of y'all got a got recipe? I prefer non-Oriental (is ASIAN the correct word now? IF so, will correct!) I say that because that's about A-L-L the recipes I can FIND online!!!  We don't cook food that style very often, hence my inquiry...

Again, our first experience w/growing them PLEASE help!! Monkey JUST picked ANOTHER 1/2 shopping bag of them TONIGHT!!!

CHEERS!
Chuckie

[nana]

My daughter grew those. Once. She used them in an occasional stir fry, but there were many more beans than people who liked to eat them. She kind of liked them, but everyone else liked to look at them on the vine, where they were very unusual and exotic and beautiful, rather than on their plate...

[vaporvac]

Interesting. I love them stir-fried with garlic and salt and also use them in Indian food so no help there, I'm sure! LOL! Perhaps try cooking them with onion, garlic and tomatoes. This is my go-to method for string beans as that's what I grew up with and they can be flavoured to taste with basil, oregano or whatever. Saute them in oil first. They are delicious as a side dish, but can also be cooked with meat, especially beef. In Indian recipes, they are cut in smaller pieces and are quite delicious that way. Have you tried them in a succatosh?

[dwayner2]

I’m glad your having a bumper crop Chuckie. The plant is like a cross between a Kudzu Vine and a Cucumber, grow like crazy and you have to pick them every-other day. 😈. You could just cut them up and freeze them for stews and soups this winter. Or, you could sell them at the market downtown to un-expecting little old ladies. 😃