Can you still eat red beans with little black bugs?

Red beans are a common variety of beans and are most suitable for making porridge. When red beans are off the market, many people will buy some more and store them. However, due to improper storage, the red beans will be infested with small insects. So, can we still eat red beans with small black insects? Although red beans are rich in nutrients, containing starch, protein, etc., they are easily infested with insects if left for a long time. Although they can be eaten, they must be handled cleanly.

1. Place the worm-infested red beans in a cool and ventilated place, allow the worms to slowly crawl out, then sift them and you can continue to eat them.

2. If there are not many red beans with infestations of worms, you can put the infested red beans in a plastic bag, tie the bag tightly, and put it in the freezer of the refrigerator. Take it out after 48 hours to kill the worms in the red beans. Then sift it again and you can continue to eat it.

3. If there are too many worms in the red beans, they cannot be eaten and should be thrown away directly.

Storage of red beans

It is best to freeze the red beans you buy at home and take them out whenever you want to eat them. You can also wash and dry an empty oil barrel, then put the beans in it, tighten the bottle cap, and store it in a cool, dry and ventilated place. These two methods are suitable for long-term storage and prevent insects.

Regular consumption of red beans has certain therapeutic effects

1. Boil red beans and carp into soup, which can treat edema, athlete's foot, dysuria, etc. It can also treat liver cirrhosis, ascites, and replenish body deficiency.

2. The soup made by cooking red beans and winter melon together is a good food therapy for relieving edema all over the body;

3. Cooking red beans, lentils and coix seeds together can treat diarrhea.

4. Red beans can also be used with traditional Chinese medicine. For example, red beans, forsythia and angelica decoction can treat liver abscesses.

5. Red beans, dandelion and licorice boiled into a soup can treat intestinal pain, etc.

Hu Daojun, a planting expert in Huangshi City, said that red beans with worms can be eaten. First, expose them to the sun and the living worms will crawl away. Some worms hiding inside the beans can only be killed by boiling, which is not harmful and can be eaten with confidence. If the worms are too severe, it is not recommended to eat them.

Hu Daojun said that to store dried red beans, you can store chopped dried chilies together with the red beans, seal them, and place them in a dry and ventilated place, which can keep the red beans from going bad for one year. Another method is to soak the red beans in boiling water for more than ten minutes, then take them out to dry, and store them in a jar. They can be stored for a long time and will not get infested with insects.