Sauteed String beans

String beans or long beans is being called sitaw in our own local dialect or language. It is one of the most widely grown vegetables in the Philippines. You can find it in someone's garden or you can also plant yours for your own consumption.

The tender pods of the string beans are edible as long as the seeds didn't mature yet and it's color is still green.

String beans or long beans are good source of protein, vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, iron, phosphorus, and potassium, and a very good source of vitamin C, folate, magnesium, and manganese.

String beans is one of a good source of protein for those vegan, vegetarian and even pescatarian people.

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Last Saturday evening, my mother gave me two bundles of string beans. It cost 10.00 each so she bought it for 20.00 or $.4. It is cheap in her place because their is a farmer near her. Here in our place we can buy them at 20.00 per bundle.

I am so grateful for having it because it means we have vegetable to cook for the next meal.

Early morning of Sunday, I decided to cook it. Most Filipino cooked it like adobong sitaw but I am not sure if I cooked it the way they cook it, lol so I preferred to call it sauteed string beans.

While preparing it, I find myself taking pictures and documenting it. I asked myself why? Will you post it on hive? Being a writer here on hive makes you take pictures of almost everything you can, lol.

So since I have documented it from the beginning, allow me to share my version of Sauteed string beans for today's blog.

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INGREDIENTS

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2 bundles of string beans
Onion
Garlic
Salt
Soy sauce
Brown sugar
Cooking oil

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PROCEDURES

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Step 1. Cut the string beans about 2 inches long or depending on your desired length.

Step 2. Wash and soak it with water.

Step 3. Prepare the onions and garlic. Sliced them according to your desired size.

Step 4. Heat the pan in the medium heat and put oil for cooking then saute onion and garlic. Then add the string beans.

Step 5. Mix it gently and cover for a while.

Step 6. When it is almost dry, add salt and soy sauce to taste. I didn't use any all in one seasoning, but instead I use brown sugar for additional taste.

Step 6. Mix them altogether, cover for a while and taste if it meets the taste you want. It is done when it is tender.

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Sauteing string beans is one the most common way of cooking string beans here in Philippines. It is easy, simple as 1, 2 and three yet delicious and nutritious.

How about you? What is it's name in your country? How do you cook string beans.

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All photos are mine.

Thank you so much for reading.