This dish is one of my mom’s favorites – Stir Fry Bean Sprouts and Garlic Chives. I do see why, it’s tasty and I love the crunchiness of the bean sprouts and how it pairs well with the Chinese garlic chives!

Bean Sprouts

Bean Sprouts 豆芽, or mung bean sprouts, is a vegetable that is grown by sprouting mung beans. This vegetable is very popular and consumed in East and Southeast Asian.

Bean sprouts are very easy to grow, they mostly just need to be in the shade and in water, so they’re also often used in schools for science projects!

If you’ve never had it before and are wondering what they taste like, bean sprouts have a very mild taste – when it’s added to dishes it doesn’t take over any other flavors, but it does add a juicy crunch!

Nutrition wise, bean sprouts are an great source of antioxidants, which protect against cell damage and reduces the risk cancer and heart disease. It also contains a lot of vitamin C and Calcium.

Garlic Chives

Garlic chives 韭菜, aka Asian chives, Chinese chives, Chinese leek, is a vegetable native to the Chinese province of Shanxi. Nowadays it’s cultivated and naturalized in many other countries across the world.

Garlic chives is known as garlic chives because they have a strong garlicky flavor! (And if you know me, you know I love garlic!) It is often used similar to scallions to add an extra taste to dishes, and so it’s often in stir fries, or dumplings.

This veggie is healthy too! It’s rich in Vitamin C, riboflavin, potassium, vitamin A, iron, thiamin, and beta carotene – which helps blood count increase, maintaining blood pressure, and increasing immune support.

By the way if you’re wanting to learn more about Chinese vegetables – definitely check out my Chinese vegetables article here! There’s bok choy, water spinach, napa cabbage, celtuce, and more!

How to make Stir Fry Bean Sprouts and Garlic Chives

It’s incredibly easy – but still turns out as such a delicious veggie side dish!

First gather your ingredients:

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 3 cups bean sprouts, washed and drained
• 1 cup garlic chives, washed and cut in to 2 inch length
• Salt, to taste

To prepare bean sprouts for stir fry, wash the bean sprouts in a colander under cold running water.

Using a knife, wash and cut garlic chives in 2 inch length.

Heat oil in wok or cooking pan over high heat and wait about a minute for the oil to heat up.

Add bean sprouts in to the wok/pan and stir fry for about a minute so that it cooks evenly.

Then add the garlic chives and stir fry for another minute. Season with salt, and stir to mix well.

Once the bean sprouts become slightly translucent, and garlic chives turn a darker green and wilt, remove from heat and serve!

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