Bamboo Recipes

The new shoots (culms) of bamboo are edible and used in cooking many Asian recipes and dishes. The sap of young bamboo stalks can be made into soft drinks or fermented into a sweet wine. You can buy bamboo shoots either fresh, in cans, or pickled in supermarkets.

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Some examples of the use of bamboo shoots in cooking bamboo recipes are; cutting them into thin slices and boiling them with thick coconut milk and spices, bamboo shoots with mixed vegetables in coconut milk, steamed dumplings, and frying bamboo shoots and wrapping them with vegetables.

In Asian cultures, larger bamboo stalks are often used for cooking food in. The fresh empty and hollow stalks can be placed directly over a flame and used for boiling rice or soups.

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Recipes

Chinese Bamboo Roll (serves 4)

Ingredients

• 4 egg roll wrappers or strudel sheets
• 1 can bamboo shoots
• 1/2 cup mushrooms
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 lb pork (minced)
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon monosodium glutamate
• 1/4 cup parsley

Method / Steps

• Preheat oven to 400°
• Drain and rinse bamboo shoots
• Cut bamboo shoots into fine slices/slivers
• Rinse mushrooms
• Cut mushrooms into fine slices/slivers
• Heat the oil in a stir fry or frying pan and add the pork
• Sauté the pork for 5-8 minutes
• Add the bamboo shoots and mushrooms
• Season with the soy sauce
• Stir fry on a moderate heat for 5 minutes
• Add the parsley
• Remove from the heat

• Fill the roll wrappers with the mixture
• Roll the wrappers up tightly
• Brush the tops with vegetable oil
• Place on a greased baking tin/sheet and cook in the preheated oven for 30 minutes until they are golden brown
• Serve while hot
  

Bamboo Shoots Roll with Egg (serves 4)

Ingredients

• 1 lb of egg roll wrappers
• 1 can of bamboo shoots
• 1beaten egg
• 2 finely chopped onions
• 1 cup diced cooked pork
• 1/2 cup diced cooked shrimps
• 1/4 cup water chestnuts
• 2 cups fresh chopped bean sprouts
• 4 chopped fresh mushrooms
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• oil for deep frying
• salt and pepper

Method

• Heat sesame oil in a large pan
• Cook bean sprouts quickly over high heat (stir constantly)
• Add bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and chestnuts
• Cook for 2 minutes
• Add pork, onion, shrimps, soy sauce, sugar, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Remove from heat and leave to cool

• Lay out the egg roll skins
• Put 2 tablespoons of the mixture in the centre of each skin
• Fold in two edges from the opposite ends
• Brish beaten egg on the other two edges and roll into a sausage shape

• Preheat oil in a deep pan for deep frying
• Fry the egg rolls until golden brown turning occasionally
• Remove from oil and drain
• Serve hot

Beef with Bamboo Shoots (serves 4)

Ingredients

• 400g beef steak (sirloin or rump)
• 1 can sliced bamboo shoots
• 6-8 spring onions
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup oil

Method

• Cut beef steak into thin strips
• Drain and rinse bamboo shoots
• Crush garlic and salt, mix together
• Heat stir fry or frying pan over high heat, add and spread oil
• Add beef and stir fry for 1 minute
• Remove beef and put on one side
• Add 1/3 tablespoon of oil and stir fry bamboo shoots for 3 minutes
• Add garlic and fish sauce and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes
• Add spring onions and stir fry for 1 minute
• Add the beef to the pan and stir fry quickly for 1 minute
• Remove from heat and toss in the sesame seeds
• Serve hot

Pork with Bamboo Shoots (serves 4)

Ingredients

• 1 pound cooked bamboo shoots
• 1/2 pound minced pork
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• Basil or Parsly leaves for decoration

Method

• Cut the bamboo shoots into bite size pieces
• Preheat the oil in a pan
• Add the pork and cook until brown (stirring continuously)
• Add sugar and soy sauce
• Add bamboo shoots
• Add 1/2 cup of water
• Cook until the liquid has gone (stir as needed)
• Serve hot and garnish with parsley or basil leaves

Pork with Bamboo Shoots (serves 4)

Ingredients

For this bamboo recipe you need to marinade the pork

Marinade:

• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons dry sherry or shaoxing rice wine
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch

• 10 oz lean pork
• 5 oz bamboo shoots
• 1/4 cup peanut oil
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar

Method

• Mix ingredients for marinade together
• Slice the pork across the grain into fine strips
• Place the pork in the marinade for 20 minutes
• Slice bamboo shoots
• Preheat stir fry or frying pan and add the peanut oil
• Stir fry the pork until it starts browning (2 mins)
• Remove pork from pan and set on a plate
• Place the bamboo shoots into the pan and cook quickly (15 seconds)
• Add sugar and soy sauce
• Simmer on a low heat for 5 minutes while stirring
• Add the pork and cook together over a high heat
• Serve hot

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Important notice: It should be noted that the shoots of some species need to be leached or boiled before they can safely be eaten due to that they contain toxins.