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Have Bean Sprouts Ever Blown Your Mind?

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Have Bean Sprouts Ever Blown Your Mind?

These will.

Mark Bittman
Dec 4, 2020

Crisp-Fried Bean Sprouts

The sole purpose of today's short-and sweet newsletter is to introduce you to a dish that likely many of you have never made or tasted: Fried Bean Sprouts. Not stir-fried. Fried fried. 

Bean sprouts never get star treatment, but turns out they take quite well to frying. All they need is a toss in some soy sauce and flour, and a few minutes in hot oil, at which point they become impossible to resist. You can eat these plain (like shoestring fries), or garnish them with peanuts, cilantro, chile and lime, which is ridiculously good. You can also eat them in lettuce wraps, or sprinkle them on salads or cold noodle dishes (like Soba Salad or Cold Fiery Noodles) for some crunch. You may never look at bean sprouts the same way again.

—Mark

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Where Else To Put Fried Bean Sprouts

SZECHUAN MUSHROOM RAGU


STIR-FRIED SNOW PEAS AND TOFU SKINS


CHICKEN TERIYAKI


BLACK COD BROILED WITH MISO


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From The Heated Deep-Frying Desk

APPLE FRITTERS


SZECHUAN-SPICED FRIED CHICKEN


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w minutes in hot oil, at which point they become impossible to resist. You can eat these plain (like shoestring fries), or garnish them with peanuts, cilantro, chile and lime, which is ridiculously good. You can also eat them in lettuce wraps, or sprinkle them on salads or cold noodle dishes (like Soba Salad or Cold Fiery Noodles) for some crunch. You may never look at bean sprouts the same way again.

—Mark

GET THE RECIPE


Where Else To Put Fried Bean Sprouts

SZECHUAN MUSHROOM RAGU


STIR-FRIED SNOW PEAS AND TOFU SKINS


CHICKEN TERIYAKI


BLACK COD BROILED WITH MISO


BROWSE MORE RECIPES


From The Heated Deep-Frying Desk

APPLE FRITTERS


SZECHUAN-SPICED FRIED CHICKEN


FOLLOW @MARKBITTMAN


Talk To Me, Goose!

Questions, comments, brilliant suggestions? Just want to share the recipe for your grandma's potato salad, or your mom's meatloaf, or your uncle Drew's three-day 100-percent rye loaf (yes, please)? Don't hesitate to reach out anytime.

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