Chinese Vegetarian Recipes

Soybean Sprouts – Stir-fried with Apple Shreds

Stir Fried Soybean Sprouts with Apple Shreds

Introduction:

To be honest, I didn’t like soybean sprouts very much before. I didn’t hate it though. I just ate it when it was available. That was it. However, nowadays as I learn more and more about the benefits and advantages that soybean has on our health, especially since I bought the soybean milk machine, I have come to love it.

The first advantage that soybean has is that it can make us strong. Every time I went back to my hometown for the Spring Festivals, I heard people mention about how strong people in the good old days were.

One of the story goes like this. A resident of our village carried a sack of soybean on his back, which weighed around 100 kg. On his way back from the field, he bent over a well for water with the sack on his back. That was when the sack slid over his shoulder and dropped towards the opening of the well. While enjoying his drinking, his hand which is holding the sack jerked it back onto his back.

The story-tellers think that it was the soybean that people ate those days that played the role of strengthening people. However, people are eating meats but don’t have that kind of strength any more.

Another advantage that the soybean has is that it can be made into numerous products. I am drinking soybean milk everyday. Tofu products are all made of soybeans. Soybeans can also be made into vegetable oil which I use everyday.

Therefore, beans cannot be ignored when it comes to Chinese veggie cooking.

Ingredients:

Soybean sprouts: 250 g

Apple: 1

Seasonings:

Vinegar: 5 g

White sugar: 15 g

MSG: 1 g

Sesame oil: 1 g

Vegetable oil: 2 tablespoons

Preparation Work:

1. Remove the roots from the soybean sprouts, and rinse them clean;

2. Peel the apple and remove the stone;

3. Shred the apple pulp;

Cooking Steps:

1. Pour the vegetable oil into the wok and preheat it with high heat;

2. Throw the bean sprouts into the wok, stir-fry until they are done;

3. Add the apple shreds, vinegar,  white sugar and MSG into the wok, and stir fully before dishing them out;

4. Put the dish onto a plate and then spray a little sesame oil before serving.

Cooking Tips:

I didn’t know that fruits like apple can be used in stir-fry recipes. I thought fruits can only be eaten raw.

This recipe tastes sweet, which is a flavor that most of Chinese people don’t like very much, including Rachel. She only took two chopsticks of it. I was not happy about that. Anyway, that’s not what a cook would expect. But you will not know if you will like it or not unless you try it yourself.

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