Pickled chives and bean sprouts is a mixed salad that is easy to make, with a unique taste, sour and sweet, crispy, helping to balance the flavors of your family’s meal. However, not everyone can successfully pickle the bean sprouts. Let’s get cooking and refer to 2 ways to make this pickled chives and bean sprouts dish!
1. Pickled Chives and Bean Sprouts
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Preparation Time
30 minutes
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Difficulty Level
Easy
Ingredients for Pickled Chives and Bean Sprouts Serves 4
Bean Sprouts 500 gr Carrot 1 piece (shredded) Chives 200 gr Chili 5 pieces (sliced) Red Onion 3 pieces (sliced) Filtered Water 250 ml Salt 1/2 teaspoon Sugar 3 tablespoons Vinegar 75 ml
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How to Make Pickled Chives and Bean Sprouts
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Prepare the Ingredients
Wash the ingredients thoroughly and place them all in a large bowl to mix well.
Dissolve 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 3 tablespoons of sugar, and 75 ml of vinegar in 250 ml of filtered water.
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Make chives pickles
Pour the mixture of salt, sugar, and vinegar into the jar of chives pickles and let it soak for about 2 days before it can be eaten.
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Final product
Chives pickles are crunchy with a light sour taste that helps balance the family meal.
This chives pickle dish is extremely suitable to eat with braised meat and eggs or to wrap with rice paper, served with boiled meat, making it very delicious.
2. Chives pickles (recipe shared by users)
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty level
Easy
Ingredients for Chive Bean Sprouts (recipe shared by a user) Serves 5 people
Chives 300 gr Bean sprouts 200 gr Carrot 1 piece Garlic 1 bulb Chili 1 piece Ginger 1 piece Lemon juice 4 teaspoons Salt 3 teaspoons Sugar 2 tablespoons
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh lemons
- Fresh lemons are those with a smooth, shiny skin, and when pressed, they have a certain softness.
- To ensure that the lemon has a lot of juice, you should choose lemons that feel relatively heavy and have a distinctive aroma on the skin.
- Do not choose lemons that are too light, with dull skin, and feel hard when pressed, indicating that they will not have much juice and won’t be delicious.
How to choose fresh ginger
- You should choose older ginger roots with many grooves on the surface as they contain more essential oils, enhancing the aroma of the dish.
- Additionally, you can choose by sniffing; fresh ginger usually has a strong and fragrant smell, and you should not buy ginger that has no aroma when sniffed.
- At the same time, prioritize choosing those with mud on their skin and shiny skin, avoiding those that are dark or damaged.
How to Prepare Chives Pickled Bean Sprouts (recipe shared by users)
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Prepare the ingredients
Cut off the roots of the chives, wash thoroughly, and let drain. Then cut into pieces about 2 finger lengths.
Peel the carrot, wash it with water, and then cut it into thin strips.
Clean the bean sprouts by removing the husks, any spoiled parts, and the roots. Then wash thoroughly and let drain.
Peel the garlic and chop it finely (or put it in a blender to puree). Peel the ginger, wash it with water. Remove the stems from the chili and wash it again with water.
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Prepare the pickling liquid
Put the ginger and chili in a mortar and pound them finely, then add the chopped garlic, and 4 spoons of lemon juice.
Add 3 teaspoons of salt, 2 tablespoons of sugar, mix the mixture well and let it sit for 5 minutes for the seasonings to dissolve evenly, and it’s done.
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Mix bean sprouts and chives
Put the bean sprouts, carrots, and chives into a large bowl, and mix gently. Then slowly add the prepared dipping sauce mixture and stir well so that the ingredients absorb the seasoning evenly, taste and adjust the ingredients as needed to avoid making the bean sprouts too salty!
Next, put the mixed bean sprouts into a food container, seal it tightly, and let it soak for about half a day, and you can immediately enjoy the bean sprouts and chives dish.
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Final Product
Serve the chives bean sprouts on a plate and enjoy right away. The pickled chives bean sprouts are a simple dish, with a unique taste, sweet and sour, crunchy, this dish will help balance the flavors of your family’s meal.
Try it right away, I guarantee this dish will be amazing!
You can refer to how to make chives bean sprouts at TasteVN
How to Choose Fresh Bean Sprouts
- When buying bean sprouts, you should choose the ones that are less thick and uneven because those with thick and uniform stems may have been soaked in chemicals.
- Good quality bean sprouts will have a curved shape, not shiny, as they are naturally grown.
- Avoid choosing abnormally long bean sprouts as they may have been treated with medicines or chemicals.
- To ensure safety and peace of mind when using, you can grow clean bean sprouts at home with detailed and simple instructions from TasteVN.
How to choose fresh and delicious chive leaves
- You should choose young chives with bright color; they will break easily when you snap them with your hand.
- Do not buy old chives that are dark green as they have many fibers, making them tough and unpalatable, or chives that have turned yellow and show signs of rot.
- You should buy chives from reputable places to avoid growth hormones and pesticides.
How to choose fresh and delicious carrots
- Good carrots will have a bright orange color; choose those of moderate size because if they are too large, they are old carrots, and if they are too small (except for mini carrots), they are still young and lack distinctive flavor.
- Observe the carrot’s leaf stem; the greener the stem, the fresher the carrot, as it indicates that it has just been harvested; conversely, if it is less green, it is a carrot that has been stored for a long time and is less sweet.
- Do not buy carrots that feel slightly soft when pressed; these are wilted carrots and will not taste good when cooked.
How to preserve chive pickles for a long time
- To keep chive pickles for a long time, make sure to maintain cleanliness during the process, especially the jar containing the pickles must be clean, sterilized, and dry so that the pickles do not spoil and can last longer.
- When taking out the pickles for use, use clean, dry utensils. Avoid returning the leftover pickles back into the soaking jar to prevent spoilage.
- Avoid placing the pickling jar in damp or moldy areas, or directly under sunlight.
- Do not stir or mix too much as it can make the pickles soft, losing their crispiness and deliciousness.
- You can keep the pickles at normal room temperature for 2 – 3 days. If you want to preserve them longer, you can store chive pickles in the refrigerator refrigerator for 5 – 7 days.
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Chive pickles are a side dish with a sweet and sour taste, crunchy texture that makes daily meals more delicious but are not too difficult to make. Wishing you success with this chive pickle dish!
