Chilled Bamboo Shoots with Mayonnaise
Sweet and fresh like a pear! Chilled Bamboo Shoots with Taiwanese Sweet Mayonnaise
Description
The absolute summer ace: Taiwan's specialty 'Green Bamboo Shoots'—sweet like fruit with zero astringency—are boiled, ice-chilled, and eaten with sweet Taiwanese mayonnaise.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Green bamboo shoots
- Taiwanese mayonnaise(sweet)
- Raw rice(for boiling)
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Bamboo Choice] Prepare 'Green Bamboo Shoots (Lu Zhu Sun)'—short and curved like cow horns, available only in Taiwan's summer (May-Sep) (these are sweet like pears).
- Wash off mud without peeling.
- Put bamboo in a pot covered with water and raw rice (or rice washing water: removes astringency), start from cold.
- Once boiling, simmer on low for
- mins to
- hr.
- Turn off heat, cool completely in the water (secret to sealing in sweetness).
- Chill ice-cold in fridge.
- Right before eating, peel, trim hard base, cut into bite-sized chunks.
- Plate on a bed of ice, squeeze Taiwan's unique 'sweet mayonnaise (Shala Jiang)' generously to serve.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
None(Ingredient's sweetness is the star)
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese canned boiled bamboo shoots (hard to sub as sweetness differs entirely)
Pairing
Cold White Wine or Taiwan Beer
Trivia
[For Women] A seasonal tradition signaling 'summer has come to Taiwan'. Miraculously zero astringency typical of Japanese bamboo shoots; truly tastes as juicy as crunching on an 'unsweet pear' or 'watermelon rind'.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Taste the harmony of 'fruit-like sweet moisture' overflowing from the crisp bamboo fibers and the condensed-milk-like sweetness of Taiwanese mayo like a dessert!
Allergen
Egg, Soy (from Taiwanese mayo)