Asian Sprouts: what a cracking recipe...
Asian Sprouts: Best Recipe for Sprouts and some… Remember when we were kids back in the day? Usually on Sundays, when you’d have that “oh sh!t it’s sprouts” moment. Over-boiled, bland, and unseasoned. Not any more, folks, read on.
Well remove the phobias my friends – this Asian Sprouts Recipe is a must-try. I have tested this on many friends covering many countries and so far it has been an absolute hit, in fact with repeat asks of “Cook it again please” and “Can I have the recipe”. It is a stunner, and again pretty damn simple, as usual.
I made this for a Christmas Day party at my mates Steve and Pia’s who wanted a vegetable dish. So this was fairly big to feed a few plates. But a good reason to cook it and get a photo so I could post the recipe on the blog.
Enough Asia Sprouts here to feed circa eight pax as a side dish
You will need:
- 5 packets of sprouts – peel off the outer layers to clean them, cut off the stalks and cut a little cross in the bottom of the stalk
- 2-3 chill padi finely sliced – up to you how many as will determine how hot of course
- 2 finely sliced red onions
- 3 packets of bacon bits or lardons
- 3-4 finely chopped garlic cloves
- 2-3 good knobs of Ghee or butter or Goose fat – I used goose fat for extra flavour
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- Salt & Pepper
Cooking the Asian Sprouts
- Boil up a big pan of salted water and add in half the sprouts.
- Let these go for a good 20-30 minutes, drain them and they will mush up – done, off the heat, set aside.
- Take the other sprouts and lightly boil these for 5 minutes or so only – you want these solid. Drain and cut in half. Set aside.
- Take your wok and fry up that bacon until it browns and starts to crisp. Add in the Ghee, the halved sprouts, the chilli, the garlic and a wee glug of soy sauce. Fry this off until those sprouts start to brown a little, then stir in the mushy sprouts and stir fry until warmed.
You have completed the sprout resurrection my friend – dig in, absolutely will blow your mind and hopefully change your attitude to ‘greens. Woo Hoo!!! ENJOY!!!
