
You may not notice the subtle difference if the bean sprouts were prepped with strong flavorful sauce or ingredients, but you will notice the cleaner flavor and texture when you eat them raw or with simple seasonings. 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce 1 tablespoon rice vinegar 1 tablespoon water 1 teaspoon sesame oil 1 bunch watercress, cut into 1-inch lengths 1 cup. In a small mixing bowl, combine soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and garlic, and whisk or mix to combine. Drain bean sprouts again in a colander and set aside. Drain the bean sprouts and immediately place in an ice bath to cool for 5 minutes. So what’s the reason why we remove those brown parts and stringy roots? It is because bean sprouts taste much better without them. Add in the bean sprouts and boil for 1 minute. Many many years later, when I was cooking my own meal in my apartment kitchen in the US, I realized that I learned so much about the basics of cooking through my ears and eyes from those “prepping” days in my mom’s kitchen.īack to the recipe. Washing dirty dishes and drying them (no dishwasher), prepping ingredients (like washing and peeling vegetables), wrapping hundreds of gyoza… I think my daughter is way more enthusiastic about cooking as a 9-year-old than I was back then. I remember being in the kitchen (doing all the prep work) which was a chore more than anything. Maybe because I wasn’t so enthusiastic about cooking. These long white sprouts are ubiquitous in Asian cooking and make a great addition to the. Skip fish sauce and use 1½ teaspoon kosher salt.Growing up in Japan, helping my mom in the kitchen simply meant prep work, not actual cooking. This simple dish is a wonderful way to use Mung Bean sprouts. You can refrigerate them for up to 3 days. Transfer them to a serving bowl or plate.

Add the sprouts and mix by hand to season evenly. Combine garlic, green onion, fish sauce, kosher salt, toasted sesame oil, and sesame seeds in a bowl.Put the cleaned sprouts in a basket and strain well.

As you rinse them, shake them under the water so the skins fall into the bowl. Garlic chives cut into 4cm/1½ long strips Bean sprouts Beaten eggs Sesame oil Soy sauce Salt Pepper The length of the garlic chives can be a bit shorter or longer. When the mixture starts getting watery, add the water and soup base. Add the bean sprouts and tomato, and continue to stir-fry. After the aroma arises, add the ground chicken and stir-fry over medium heat. Over low heat, stir-fry the garlic in olive oil. Strain them and rinse in cold water in a large bowl for a couple of times. Slice the tomato into approximately 0.5-inch squares, and mince garlic.


Note: You can fry both sides of the tofu if you want more crust. While the surface of the egg is still wet and uncooked, transfer the egg to the bowl. I hope you enjoy the recipe, and if you make it, let me know how it turns out! Ingredients Cook the tofu pieces first until a brown crust forms on one side. Heat sesame oil in a frying pan and cook the eggs. It has cucumber in it and is from the southern city of Yeosu where I grew up. The recipe I’m showing you today is more widely known in Korea, and just as delicious. That recipe is a little different than this one. You may remember that I posted a recipe and video for a mung bean sprout side dish years ago. On my website I call the recipe sukjunamul-muchim because muchim means mixed. We also call this recipe nokdu-namul, because the sprout grows from the mung bean, called nokdu (녹두). Toss in the pepper, bean sprouts, mushrooms, and carrot slices, then saut for 3 minutes. This time set the stove to high heat and heat the oil on the same saucepan. Pour the liquid through a sieve into a bowl. In Korean, this recipe is called sukju-namul which is also the name for the bean sprouts themselves. Transfer the chicken to a clean glass bowl and remove the skin, then chop it into tiny pieces. In a pan over medium-high heat, saute the garlic for 2-3 minutes until lightly golden. If you followed my directions and harvested your sprouts already, this is perfect timing for you and you’re ready to start! If you didn’t grow your sprouts, don’t worry, you can still buy them in a grocery store. Clean the beansprouts by rinsing with water and removing the stringy end pieces. Today I’m going to make a mung bean sprout side dish with my homegrown mung bean sprouts.
