How do you eat Dragon Tongue beans?

Dragon tongue beans can be eaten raw like a snap pea or cooked like a green bean, which is exactly how I treated them here. Quickly blanched and then sautéed with pancetta and crimini mushrooms, it makes for a lovely side dish for pork or chicken.

Can you can Dragon Tongue beans?

You can eat them fresh, freeze them, can them, dry them like leather britches, or even pickle them….. I’m looking at you dilly beans! You can also use them as shelled beans.

Do Dragon Tongue beans need a trellis?

Dragon’s Tongue Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is an old French variety that yields attractive 6- to 8-inch cream colored pods with purple stripes. Compact plants are very productive and do not require staking.

How do you dry Dragon Tongue beans?

For dried bean use, harvest in about 80 days, when the pods start to dry on the plant. To Dry Beans: Allow the beans to stay on the plants until they are partially dry. Then pull up the plants and hang them in a warm, dry place with good air circulation until the pods and seeds are thoroughly dry.

What do Dragon Tongue beans taste like?

The bean has a slightly sweeter, juicy flavor than your typical green bean, but that’s not its only selling point. The creamy white and magenta-streaked beans look far less like a veggie and more like something out of a fairy tale.

How tall do Dragon Tongue beans grow?

Mature plants will reach a maximum height of 2 to 3 feet without support. After flowering, young beans are ready to harvest sometime between 12 to 15 days.

Can you freeze Dragon Tongue beans?

They were better than many beans for canning for this reason. I ‘ve begun freezing most of our beans, because I prefer how they retain their bright color and texture, but these beans fared well with both canning and freezing.

Is dragon tongue a Bush Bean?

A horticultural type bush bean, Dragon Tongue is probably the best multipurpose bean available. It’s suited to use as a fresh snap bean or as a shelled bean when fully mature. As a snap, harvest when the flat beans turn from lime green to buffed yellow with bright purple stripes.

What is dragon’s tongue food?

Dragon’s Tongue Supreme (pizza dough with garlic and chilli and general evil) is to die for!

How do you take care of Dragon Tongue?

The Dragon’s Tongue Plant is an easy to grow house plant. Provide morning sun or very, bright indirect light and keep evenly moist not wet or dry. Trim as needed. Excellent for a terrarium, fairy garden or house plant.