bean sprouts
plural noun
: the sprouts of bean seeds especially of the mung bean used as a vegetable
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Mung bean sprouts help keep your heart healthy by regulating blood pressure, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels.
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Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 27 Dec. 2025
Pad Thai typically features thin, flat rice noodles that are stir-fried with protein, like chicken, shrimp or tofu, eggs, bean sprouts, green onions and peanuts all tossed in a sweet and savory sauce and garnished with cilantro and lime.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 24 Dec. 2025
Remove the skillet from the heat and fold in the bean sprouts, if using, and the cilantro.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
Also getting a Stop Sale for being out beyond four hours were tempura shrimp, cut tomato, cut lettuce, sushi rice, pooled raw shell eggs and bean sprouts.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Nov. 2025
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Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 27 Dec. 2025
Pad Thai typically features thin, flat rice noodles that are stir-fried with protein, like chicken, shrimp or tofu, eggs, bean sprouts, green onions and peanuts all tossed in a sweet and savory sauce and garnished with cilantro and lime.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 24 Dec. 2025
Remove the skillet from the heat and fold in the bean sprouts, if using, and the cilantro.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
Also getting a Stop Sale for being out beyond four hours were tempura shrimp, cut tomato, cut lettuce, sushi rice, pooled raw shell eggs and bean sprouts.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Bean sprouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bean%20sprouts. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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