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Bean Sprouts

Boiled bean sprouts seasoned with coarse sea salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Bean Sprouts

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut off the roots from the bean sprouts.

  2. Place the bean sprouts in a saucepan.

  3. Add water and a little salt.

  4. Boil for 30 minutes until soft.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Bean sprouts
Form the main body of the dish, becoming soft and tender when boiled.
Coarse sea salt
Seasons the sprouts as they cook in the water.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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