Dishes with bamboo shoots - 8 delicious homemade cooking recipes

Eat delicate bamboo shoots , cut from the shoots of this plant. Fresh, crisp bamboo shoots are cut off as soon as they emerge from the ground. Moreover, bamboo has a record growth rate; it grows by as much as 90 centimeters in just a day!

A large number of layers of bamboo hide tender flesh. It is prepared in the same way as the bamboo shoots themselves. Of course, we don't often cook this exotic dish at home, but in China, bamboo shoots, dried, canned and, of course, fresh, are used very often.

To properly cook this exotic plant, you need to peel the bamboo shoots from the leaves. Inside there will be a delicate beige sprout that needs to be cut in half. There are thin partitions along the entire length of the bamboo shoot, which give the sprout an even more exotic appearance. Cook bamboo shoots in a large saucepan, adding to broth rice flour and a few small pods of hot red pepper.

In Japan, boiled bamboo is used to make salads, added to soups . But most often they are eaten, cut into slices, and dipped in soy sauce. In addition, bamboo shoots are fried with meat and mushrooms and pickled. In the Land of the Rising Sun, there is one kind of bamboo that is eaten raw. It is distinguished by thin and delicate shoots with a diameter of no more than 1 cm. I would like to note that a raw bamboo sprout can be liked only if you like to eat ordinary grass.

In China, bamboo shoots are stuffed with snails. Bamboo twigs are used to decorate dishes. And in some countries , jam is made from bamboo .