Stir-fry Your Own Bean Sprouts

Stir-fried bean sprouts is a classic Chinese dish. It's surprisingly expensive if you order it in a restaurant, but when you are in the vegetable section of the grocery store you will probably notice that the bean sprouts themselves, along with meng beans, are some of the cheapest veggies around. This is a mystery. Bean sprouts are easy to cook and rich in vitamins, so it's smart to cook them yourself at home.

The star of the show.

You might as well go all the way and add thinly-sliced wood ears for authenticity.

Be sure to cut the bean sprouts so that they can sprout again from the root.

Start to cook the garlic, Chinese five spice, Okinawan mixed spice, sesame oil, cooking sake, and wood ears first, before you add the bean sprouts.

See, it looks just the way it does in restaurants, without that oily glaze!

It's typically not drippy so it works well in a lunchbox. No leakage.

☆Epilogue☆

After you cut the bean sprouts, you can regrow them, yielding twice the fun. If you try to regrow them again, you will also end up growing some serious mold, so the chances of success are not in your favor. As you can see, all you have to do is put the roots in a bowl, add water, and put them on the window sill. Jack's magic beanstalks will sprout of their own accord.