Fresh Ginger

Posted: Fri, Jun 29 2007, 1:10 pm Post subject: Fresh Ginger

I have a few ginger roots that I cannot seem to use up.
Anyone know of something good that calls for a LOT?

I usually use it in small amounts, in stir fries, rice, asian salads etc
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You can put chunks of it in chicken soup.

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keep it in the freezer so it won't mold.

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When I buy ginger, I peel it and mince it in the food processor and then freeze it in a thin layer. When frozen, I break it up and take out as much as I need when cooking. No waste. I don't know how much it costs where you are, but here in Israel it's expensive so I want to make the most of what I buy.

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I often put kolrabi in my chicken soup as it gives it a good flavor. would you leave out the kolrabi if you're putting in the ginger?

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grind it up with a bunch of garlic cloves to make ginger-garlic paste, freeze in small blobs and use when cooking chicken or anything remotely asian.

Posted: Thu, Sep 24 2009, 9:36 pm Post subject: re: Fresh Ginger

ginger tea
thai soup
pumpkin pie
honey cake
egg rolls
pepper steak
cranberry relish
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Posted: Fri, Sep 25 2009, 6:13 am Post subject: re: Fresh Ginger

Mince/puree in the food processor.

As for things you can cook with fresh ginger
* Ginger rice--peel, slice and cut in thin sticks. Add to rice before cooking. Once cooked ginger isn't too sharp but leave enough flavour.
* Chicken meatball--add minced ginger and chopped salad onion to chicken (or turkey) mince, an egg, and a bit of matzo meal. I usually boil to be served with chicken soup. You can also use this for wonton or kreplach.
* Ginger beef--basically a stir-fried beef with vegetables. Add minced ginger to marinade.
* You can also add a bit of ginger to apple compote.
* Make sugared ginger--peel, slice or cut in small bigs, cook in heavy sugar and water syrups. You can drizzle the syrups on fruits, ginger can be mixed into plain vanilla icecream.
* Ginger + lemon +honey combo is super esp if you're coming down with flu/cold/fever/nausea.
* Make it into hilbe with fennugreek and corriander

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Put a few slices in your tea.