String Beans, Green Or Purple
By Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
Philippines
December 7, 2017 11:59pm CST
Speaking of our favorite vegetable we call sitaw and uttong, such good for dinengdeng dish, ginataan (in coconut milk) and salad or pickled, string beans is such a good veggies.
But which is which? What is the best variety for the dish. Soup dish is not applicable for purple beans because the soups get purple too so the best variety is green. Though salad is purple is recommended.
Which do you prefer?
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17 responses
@allknowing (130064)
• India
8 Dec 17
We do not have purple beans here but do have long and short ones. Once I did get long beans in my garden.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
8 Dec 17
That was such a good way to grow string beans in the pots.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
8 Dec 17
Even in the the house, we prefer the green kind.
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Dec 17
Never tried purple but I do like green string beans.
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Dec 17
@ilocosboy I usually just steam them. Then add some margarine, spices and crushed garlic.
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@rina110383 (24495)
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8 Dec 17
I like the green ones when added to nilaga/sinigang na baka.
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@averygirl72 (37726)
• Philippines
12 Dec 17
I don't know there is a purple string beans. It is my favorite in dishes with coconut milk and soups. Haven't made salad with string beans
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
12 Dec 17
It taste good, when it is served its the first one I picked.
@prashu228 (37526)
• India
8 Dec 17
As long as the dish is tasty..i don't mind anything
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
8 Dec 17
Its good for salad though the taste the same.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
8 Dec 17
Only few people prefer the purple kind
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
8 Dec 17
i like the green string beans, and i like it half-cooked, wherein it is crispy when you bite it, and more if cooked in adobo. the sitaw (string beans) should not be overcooked.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
8 Dec 17
Yap I think that is the right thing to cook with string beans, I like it so much in coconut milk
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Dec 17
Actually string beans is seasonal. There is season when the fruit is so expensive.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
23 Dec 17
The kids who bully me as a kid calls me a string bean. 
I am tempted to use steroids anytime I remember that. I want to be so buff , big and imposing that no one will try to mess with me.
I am tempted to use steroids anytime I remember that. I want to be so buff , big and imposing that no one will try to mess with me.
@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
12 Dec 17
I just searched about the purple string beans and I was surprised to know people have grown them here in my country for quite long. I wonder how come I've never seen them in the market.
@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
12 Dec 17
@ilocosboy Do they taste different than the green ones?
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
12 Dec 17
It taste the same though the color of the soup or dish differs
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
12 Dec 17
Maybe because its not really an ideal for some types of dish
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