Everyday Sprouts

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    with rice and other dishes
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

Published 1998

  • About

This is a quick, delicious, staff-of-life short of dish. Bean sprouts are inexpensive, nutritious, and easily available year-round. At its best, the dish should come to the table with the bean sprouts piping hot and still crisp, but this is not as easy as it might seem, because they can overcook quickly. The trick is to have a very hot wok to start with, and then to work with a quantity of sprouts that is not too large for it. Be sure to have your salt, soy, and vinegar close at hand to add