Ipoh Styled Bean Sprouts (芽菜)

Guess what! :) My first post on vegetable will be today. :) As for vegetables, I am not too keen to go fancy with them. I usually prepare using the shortest and easiest way. 

Why? This is because the longer you cook your vegetables, the nutrients and vitamins (that we were supposed to take in) will be gone. If that is gone, you are all left with fibers! I will want best of both worlds - vitamins and fibers!

So, here goes my first recipe. It is a very Asian dish. It usually accompanies Hainan chicken rice or Pho. 

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 2 minutes
Ipoh styled bean sprouts will be ready in 7 minutes

Ingredients for Ipoh styled bean sprouts:

1. 4 cups of bean sprouts
2. 1 tablespoon of sesame oil
3. 1 scallion
4. 1/2 teaspoon of white pepper
5. 3 tablespoons of soy sauce
6. 1 L of hot water

How to get started?

1. Boil 1 L of hot water.
2. Wash the bean sprouts under cold water thoroughly and leave it aside in a big bowl.
3. Once the water is boiled, pour it into the bowl containing bean sprouts, leave it for 1 minute.
4. Once 1 minute is up, drain the bean sprouts and put them into a new plate/ bowl for serving.
5. Add sesame oil, soy sauce and pepper to the bean sprouts and mix them thoroughly.
6. Finally, add the chopped scallion on top of the ready mixed bean sprouts.

We are good to go! So yummy!