Sprouts!

PapaLazaru

PapaLazaru

PapaLazaru

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I love my sprouts and usually just boil them or shallow fry them in butter with a bit of garlic and a tiny bit of chilli.

Got a load to cook tonight and am wondering if anyone has any simple recipes to jazz them up a bit, or give me a new direction to start going for.

ta :)
 
My top tip would be not to give them to my mother. Soggy, over-boiled sprouts = do not want!

They are nice with butter and chestnuts.
 
I love them too great fresh ones coming in this time of year....

lovely bit of salt and butter I could eat a bowl of them.
 
Sprouts, parsnips, asparagus, I could go on but cooked in the right way they scream to be feasted on.

People who kill food by over cooking should be banned from the kitchen.
 
The chestnuts idea is sounding good!

I am cooking chicken breasts stuffed with goats cheese and roasted read peppers wrapped in bacon for the main part of the dish, so reckon it will go well.

Got a couple of sweet potatos lying about as well. Might have to make a little sweet mash.

Does anyone ever chop the sprouts up to make a dish? I tend to halve or quarter mine (unless just boiling which is rare). Am thinking about experimenting next time by chopping them up and going oriental on them somehow.
 
rpstewart said:
Interesting....

Just fry them gently until they're going tender?
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Basically. I have experimented in the past with pre-boiling them, letting them go cold and then frying them. Kind of like you can do with potatos to make fantastic chips.

I stopped doing it though as I like them to have a bit of bite / crunch to them and it seems a bit of a waste to cook them so much as you lose some of the flavour. They need to be cooked as minimal as possible to conserve the good stuff. So yes, gently fry in butter with a bit of garlic and a touch of chilli flakes till tender, but still with a bit of bite to them. :)
 
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