I walked into Trader Joe's on my way back from the library the other day and saw a bag of organic brussel sprouts. My eyes widened and I began to salivate. Ok ok, I know how people feel about brussel sprouts, but c'mon! I'm a vegetarian, for heaven's sake! I'm already doing without meat. I'm not going to limit myself from veggies, too!
Picture taken from Hungry In Hogtown
The reason why I love brussel sprouts so much is because of it's bitterness. Reminds me of bitter gourd. My assumption is; if you're Asian, you've had bitter gourd before. Anyway, back to the brussel sprouts. So how does one make a simple (and I mean SIMPLE) brussel sprouts dish, eliminating some of it's bitter taste.
Ingredients
- 3 cups of brussel sprouts (I think that's approximately 1 bag of 'em from Trader Joe's. Forgot to check)
- 1 ½ tablespoon balsamic vinegar (the balsamic vinegar gives it a sweet & tangy taste, without adding sugar)
- salt to taste (I used 1 teaspoon of kosher salt... it was right there on the counter. Got too lazy to go that extra foot for regular salt)
- cracked peppercorn to taste
- minced ginger (optional, but it makes the dish smell so Christmassy!)
- cooking spray
1. Preheat the oven to 350° degrees and spray your roasting pan with cooking spray.
2. Cut the brussel sprouts into halves & quarters and pour them into the pan.
3. Drizzle the balsamic vinegar on top and sprinkle with salt & pepper.
4. Bake for 25 minutes and you're done! I must warn you, there will be some shrinkage (see pictures below), so if you're planning on making it for a crowd, double the recipe! It should look something like this:
oOoh, time for me to eat! Bye!
1 comments:
Surprising this is one dish even I can make. It wasn't too hard. Thank you. Now I know how to make three things. A killer spaghetti/lasagna, baked zucchinis, and this.