Grow Your Own Bean Sprouts in Just a Few Days
Bean sprouts, and sprouts of all varieties are packed full of wonderful nutrients. But, when you get them at the store, they can be kind of pricey and don’t last more than a few days.
I am so excited to tell you, that you can grow them yourself in just a few days and then they last for up to two weeks! I am including affiliate links to the products I use, but all thoughts and opinions are my own.
Bean Sprouts, Alfalfa Sprouts, Broccoli…
Using organic seeds, I am growing all sorts of sprouts in just a few days! So far, I’ve grown:
Alfalfa, broccoli, hard wheat, French lentil, green lentil, adzuki, green pea, red clover, radish, and mung bean sprouts!
They are very low maintenance and only take a few days until they’re edible. I use this 4-tray kitchen seed sprouter and have had nothing but success. The kids love watching how fast these grow too.
How To Grow Them
Step 1: Soak about 1 tablespoon (use a little more for larger seeds and a little less for tiny seeds,) of each variety of bean sprouts you want to grow for approximately 4 hours.
Step 2: Rinse the beans in cool running water. Using a fine strainer helps tremendously! Don’t skip this step! This is where nasty germs like salmonella would be, so just do it! 😉
Step 3: Spread the seeds evenly on each of the 4 tiers of your seed sprouter and stack them on top of each other putting the white tray on the bottom.
Step 4: With the white tray in place and EMPTY, pour two cups of water into the top tray and let it trickle down to the trays below.
Step 5: Repeat step 4 a couple times a day (you can get away with doing in just once, but I found doing it 2-3x works best) making sure to empty the white tray first!
Step 6: Watch them grow and once they’ve reached a decent size, ENJOY! Rinse and store them in the fridge with a wet paper towel.
*You can get most of the seed casings off when rinsing, but don’t worry, if you don’t get them all, they’re edible.
Eat Them!
Throw them on your sandwiches, into salads, or just eat ’em straight out of the container! I have been putting them into everything lately and have noticed that I have a lot more energy and just a general feeling of betterness. Even the kids like plucking one little sprout out at a time and popping it into their mouths.
Do you eat or grow your own organic sprouts yet?
Wow this is really cool and a great idea, gonna get my kids involved in this one. Cool to watch it grow.
How wonderful to grow my own bean sprouts. I did not know that I could do this. It sounds like a good thing for me to do for my health. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve never thought of doing this. It looks like fun. Thanks for sharing!
I like sprouts, But they are kind of ekkie.
This is pretty cool, it would be nice to grow my own sprouts. You stack the trays on top of each other so it does not take up very much room. I would love to try this, thank you for sharing this post.
I have always wanted to know how to grow sprouts. This looks super easy and it will save money too!
This is awesome! I wish I had a huge kitchen to make room for this. My son & I would love making sprouts :))
Hi Maria! That’s the best part! You don’t even need a big kitchen! Mine is tiny! This tray system in only about 6 inches in diameter! 😀
I never would have thought to grow my own beans likes that!! What a neat system and some of my favorites to eat!
This is amazing! I love sprouts and am not sure why I never realized how easy this would be. My kids will think this is so fun! Thank you for sharing this!!
Wow. That is so cool. I so want to grow my own bean sprouts now. Thanks for the info!
This is better than doing a craft with kids. Cool eats and good lesson in real food. Love.
Wow, my mom used to buy sprouts when I was a kid and put them on sandwiches. I never thought of where they came from. It’t hard to find them in stores anymore. I guess now I can make my own.
This is a fantastic idea. I love to eat all different sprouts. I will have to try this for sure.
I love sprouts! What a cool idea and I think I’ll get my little grandson involved in the project as well.
That is pretty cool how easy it is to sprout your own beans! Yum! I like the alpha alpha sprouts myself
Wow! Simple I think we will try this with the kids. Thanks
No way, that’s really fast! My kids love helping me in the garden in the summer, we should do something like this in the off-season!
This is a really great idea! A fun project that the whole family can take part of!
You’re so clever! I can’t believe how quickly they took off. Salads at your house!
This is so awesome!!! I want to start this with my toddler! She LOVED growing a garden this year!
This sounds like the perfect summer science project for my 5 year old. o have no green thumb at all. My husband blesses plants or flowers as they enter my house knowing they will never make it haha. I end up giving plants away before I will then Completely.
It’s so fun to watch them grow right before your eyes. and then they taste very, very fresh.
i love bean sprouts in my salads. i never even thought abt growing them. thanks for the information. cant wait. they are so expensive in the stores and go bad so quickly.
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I enjoy them. But I am not so sure about growing them.
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Janice
Oh my gosh!! This is soooo cool!
This is very informative. Thank you. I love sprouts and will give this a try.
I need to start doing this again. Have to get in the habit of it.
this is a great idea! I love sprouts. hopefully we can do this soon
I have sprouted a bit btt that seed sprouter makes it all look so effortless. I actully love sprouts and that little device would make it a breeeze I am looking onto those.
Thank you! I’ll will try this before summer! I never thought it was possible to do that.
I need to stop by Vitamin Cottage and get the stuff to do this.
I love sprouts, but never think to do my own at home. I seriously need to get started on this to help boost my nutrition.
Wow, this seems very easy to do. And the amount of money it could save!
I want to start growing sprouts. I like them, but don’t often buy them at the store because they go bad before I use them up.