bean sprouts
plural noun
: the sprouts of bean seeds especially of the mung bean used as a vegetable
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Just mix together all the ingredients — from cucumber, bean sprouts and jalapeño to mint, Thai basil, daikon radish and carrot.
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025
The Mongolian Filet is a great dish for sharing, a 10-ounce Angus beef tenderloin served on a piping-hot skillet with sauteed scallions, bean sprouts, mixed mushrooms and a sweet Szechuan sauce poured tableside.
—Michelle Stark, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2025
It’s said that the same water makes the region’s bean sprouts especially sweet, germinating them, then eventually extracting their gentle flavor, as in one of the city’s signature dishes, bean-sprout soup with rice.
—Eric Kim, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The Hoy Tod mussel pancakes ($20) are fried in a crispy egg batter that is paired with bean sprouts, garlic chives and a sweet chili sauce.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2025
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025
The Mongolian Filet is a great dish for sharing, a 10-ounce Angus beef tenderloin served on a piping-hot skillet with sauteed scallions, bean sprouts, mixed mushrooms and a sweet Szechuan sauce poured tableside.
—Michelle Stark, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2025
It’s said that the same water makes the region’s bean sprouts especially sweet, germinating them, then eventually extracting their gentle flavor, as in one of the city’s signature dishes, bean-sprout soup with rice.
—Eric Kim, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The Hoy Tod mussel pancakes ($20) are fried in a crispy egg batter that is paired with bean sprouts, garlic chives and a sweet chili sauce.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for bean sprouts
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“Bean sprouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bean%20sprouts. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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