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Asian Tempest Gourmet Garlic Recipes
ASIAN TEMPEST has an explosive lively bite eaten raw, but cooked it develops an intriguing sweet flavor akin to sweet pepper. We plan to offer this addictive garlic next year!
Thai garlic and pepper chicken
Lasagna
Photo below right: Asian Tempest has very large bulblets in the scape (false flower stalk). Pickled scapes are considered a gourmet dish in some Asian countries.
Thai Garlic and Pepper Chicken
This delicious chicken dish disappeared quickly on a garlic harvesting day. Edna substituted whole chicken thighs for the cut chicken meat and it tasted great. Even the grandkids loved it!
Chicken - For each serving, you will need ½ to ¾ cup of chicken meat, raw and cut into bite-sized pieces
Butter or oil - just enough to brown garlic
Asian Tempest garlic - Use about ¼ cup freshly crushed garlic per serving.
Sugar (palm sugar is good); fish sauce and pepper to taste. - I like equal parts of sugar and fish sauce. The pepper can be ground white pepper or a chopped hot red pepper of your choice.
Cilantro
Fry the garlic in the butter or oil until it is slightly browned, then add the chicken and cook until done. Stir in the sugar and fish sauce and pepper. Add a little water if you need to prevent sticking. Simmer for a few moments to thicken the sauce.
Serve over rice and garnish with fresh cilantro leaves.
Any protein can be used in combination with or instead of the chicken, including firm tofu.
The sauce will have a mild garlic taste and will be sweet, almost tangy. White pepper gives a nice light peppery finish; the red pepper will be, of course, a bit more of a pepper hit.
Lasagna
Once again, the underlying sweet taste, almost like a sweet red pepper, makes Asian Tempest garlic a great one to use in various lasagna recipes.
There are endless ways to make lasagna. The garlic can be used as an ingredient cooked into the tomato sauce or freshly chopped garlic can be added as the ingredients are layered into the pan for more of a garlic bite.
Edna does not pre-boil the lasagna noodles before adding them, and this seems to create a lasagna with a nice firm texture.
For more recipes see Garlic Flavor Profiles or click on links below.
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