bean sprouts
plural noun
: the sprouts of bean seeds especially of the mung bean used as a vegetable
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Remove the skillet from the heat and fold in the bean sprouts, if using, and the cilantro.
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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
Other options for vegetables include bean sprouts, green onion and shredded cabbage and carrots.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Oysters, pork and bean sprouts were outside of proper holding temperatures.
—Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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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
Other options for vegetables include bean sprouts, green onion and shredded cabbage and carrots.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Oysters, pork and bean sprouts were outside of proper holding temperatures.
—Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Bean sprouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bean%20sprouts. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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