bean sprouts
plural noun
: the sprouts of bean seeds especially of the mung bean used as a vegetable
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The Chow Funn noodle bowl (ground pork, bean sprouts, green onions; $15) makes a tasty lunch.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
Place 2 tablespoons of the carrots or bean sprouts, 1 tablespoon of the mixed herbs, a garlic chive and ¼ cup of the vermicelli on top of shrimp.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024
In addition to the ingredients listed above, that could be vermicelli noodles, chicken, basil, pork sausage, perilla leaves, daikon radish, bean sprouts, lemongrass, tofu, salmon or softshell crab.
—Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 8 Aug. 2024
There was also cary trie, a platter of ingredients designed to be mixed together: a small crock of curry ringed by rice noodles, snakehead fish steamed in banana leaves with fresh lemongrass and coconut cream, and little piles of julienned cucumber, bean sprouts, and banana flowers.
—Shamilee Vellu, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
Place 2 tablespoons of the carrots or bean sprouts, 1 tablespoon of the mixed herbs, a garlic chive and ¼ cup of the vermicelli on top of shrimp.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024
In addition to the ingredients listed above, that could be vermicelli noodles, chicken, basil, pork sausage, perilla leaves, daikon radish, bean sprouts, lemongrass, tofu, salmon or softshell crab.
—Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 8 Aug. 2024
There was also cary trie, a platter of ingredients designed to be mixed together: a small crock of curry ringed by rice noodles, snakehead fish steamed in banana leaves with fresh lemongrass and coconut cream, and little piles of julienned cucumber, bean sprouts, and banana flowers.
—Shamilee Vellu, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Bean sprouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bean%20sprouts. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
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