The Asparagus Bean Surprise II
June 22, 2010
Today's harvest of asparagus beans
Today is very hot in southwest Missouri. In fact, we are having August weather in June and I sure hope we get a cool front soon. The tomato plants are blossoming, but then, because of the heat, the blossoms are drying out and not setting fruit. The fruit that has set, however, is doing well. The zucchini is producing very well, though, and I chopped and froze a bunch of it today to use in soup.
Another vegetable, my experiment for this year, is producing like crazy. This photo is the “mess” – as they say in the Ozarks – of asparagus beans (Chinese long beans) I harvested today after coming home from my pool therapy exercise session. They are at least 18″ long as advertised. If you want to know more about these beans, look at my post, The Asparagus Bean Surprise.
An Asparagus Bean Recipe
Being one to throw things together, I cut the beans into manageable bites and tossed them in Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a glass baking dish. Then I threw in some sun-dried tomatoes and sprinkled a little garlic powder over the whole. With the oven at 325° I roasted them for 50 minutes, took them out, sprinkled a little sea salt on top and sampled the result. They taste really good and my husband liked them so much he, as he said it, “put a real dent in them.”
The flavor is mild, somewhat like asparagus and green beans combined, but with a hint of something else I can’t figure out. Those sun-dried tomatoes added a little sweetness to the dish. Next time I’m going to fix them with mushrooms, a little olive oil and a dash of red wine and see how they turn out. It’ll be great if the bean vines produce all summer. I’ll have another veggie to freeze for winter.
Thank you, Lord for the great asparagus bean surprise and good food for the table.
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I saw this post the other day and thought that they were really weird looking beans. You’re right, they DO look like green dreadlocks! I would probably like them, as I tend to like most veggies, but I had never heard of these.
I eat the veggies in between my ice cream sandwiches
So…if you eat these beans does it earn you a peanut butter cup? LOL!
Probably not, but these beans taste great. I steamed them yesterday after harvesting a second batch and they really do taste like asparagus. They are so easy to grow, too. What luck!