Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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Stir Fried Pea Shoots

Ingredients

  • Head of garlic8 cups or about 1 lb. pea sprouts
  • 8 cloves garlic
  • 3 Tbs. peanut oil
  • 1/2 – 1 tsp. sea salt, to taste
  • 1/2 – 1 tsp. sugar, to taste
  • 1 – 2 Tbs. water – only as needed

Heat a wok until the surface is smoking hot. Swirl in the oil to coat the wok surface and allow to heat up until it is smoking. Stir in the garlic, followed a few seconds later with the sprouts. Stir-fry vigorously to wilt the pea sprouts evenly and keep them from burning. When a large portion of the sprouts has begun to wilt, sprinkle in the sea salt. Continue to stir-fry. If your wok appears too hot and may burn the sprouts, sprinkle in a little water to help cook. Add a little sugar and stir-fry the sprouts until all of them are wilted and cooked. Pea sprouts wilt down quite a bit – to about 1/4 to 1/3 of its original mass.

3 comments:

  1. There was a link to almost the exact recipe on smitten kitchen today ( the link is on the baked potato soup post- which did not look good to me). I bought the pea sprouts at the asian grocery. I dont know if they sell them at a reglar grocery?

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  2. what are pea sprouts? like bean sprouts?
    that baked potato soup didn't look good to me either.
    -sl

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  3. why you ain't responding to my question?
    -sl

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