Radish Sprouts Salad with Garlic
蒜蓉拌萝卜苗 · pan chinese cuisine
Ben OkaforCollege senior with a tiny dorm kitchen and big ambitions. Ramen, jollof rice experiments, and everything with too much garlic. Learning as I go, mostly burning toast.Nutrition & allergens
No supported allergens detected from surveyed ingredients.
Some ingredients are not yet allergen-surveyed; this label is not exhaustive.
Per serving (4 servings)
- Energy (kcal)
- Unknown
- Protein (g)
- Unknown
- Fat (g)
- Unknown
- Carbs (g)
- Unknown
- Sodium (mg)
- Unknown
Estimated from verified ingredient data for the original formula — not lab values, and one dish is not a full meal.
8.82 oz
as needed
Techniques you'll use
- Blanching (chao shui) ↗
Par-cook in boiling water to clean, tighten, or prep ingredients.
- Aromatic blooming (bao xiang) ↗
Bloom ginger, garlic, and chili in hot oil to build the aroma base.
- Cold dressing (liang ban) ↗
Toss cooked or raw ingredients with a bold chilled dressing.
Steps
- 1
Step 1
Pick over the radish sprouts, removing any yellow leaves and trimming the thin root ends.
✅ Done when: The sprouts are clean, with no yellow leaves or fine root threads remaining.
Once the water is boiling, add the radish sprouts and blanch for 10 seconds, then remove them.
✅ Done when: After about 10 seconds in boiling water, the sprouts are just wilted and ready to come out.
- 3
Step 3
Spread the blanched sprouts out on a plate so they do not steam and turn soft.
✅ Done when: The sprouts lie in a loose, single layer and are cooling, not piled in a heap.
Fry the minced garlic in vegetable oil until fragrant, then pour it into a bowl.
✅ Done when: The garlic smells aromatic and is lightly golden, not browned.
- 5
Step 5
Add sugar, salt, and MSG to the garlic oil to season.
✅ Done when: The seasonings are added and dissolve into the garlic oil.
Toss the dressing with the radish sprouts on the plate.
✅ Done when: The sprouts are evenly coated with the dressing.
- 7
Step 7
Mix everything together and serve. The finished salad is fragrant and crisp.
✅ Done when: The salad is well combined and the sprouts still taste crisp.