How to Use broad bean in a Sentence

broad bean

noun
  • Look for dry roasted chickpeas, broad beans and edamame.
    NBC News, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Fava: Dried favas, also known as broad beans, have a very strong, meaty flavor and a somewhat thick skin.
    Melissa Clark, NYT Cooking, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Fridays and Easter days serves a plate of lentils, broad beans with nopales, shrimp patties and capirotada for $14.95.
    Imelda García, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • This time though, the signature dish chosen by Charles and the queen consort will be a coronation quiche cooked with spinach, broad beans, cheese and tarragon.
    Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Pym’s subtly comic stories of spinsters, vicars and church bazaars, like Rosa Lewis’s boiled bacon and broad beans, one day went out of style.
    Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 21 July 2017
  • At his allseafood showcase Peixaria da Esquina, try the squid sautéed with shiitake mushrooms, broad beans, and coriander.
    Anne Farrar, National Geographic, 18 June 2019
  • The dish features spinach, broad beans and tarragon, and a tutorial video of a palace chef preparing the dish was shared along with instructions.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Discerning local gourmets insist that the best mapo tofu should be made with Hanyuan peppercorns and broad bean chili paste from Sichuan's Pidu district.
    Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The dinner started with a salad made with radishes, carrots, broad beans, stracciatella and verbena oil.
    PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2019
  • Many of the traditional dishes are the product of miscegenation and mixed foods that were consumed in Europe with others that were consumed by indigenous peoples, such as broad beans or nopales.
    Imelda García, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • In India’s southeastern territory of Pondicherry, where the French retained a settlement for almost three centuries, the use of eggs, cream and broad beans (still called French beans there) resulted in serendipitous innovations.
    Jim Kempton, Orange County Register, 2 Aug. 2019

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