Rice with garlic scapes

“Rice with Garlic Scapes” offers a simple yet flavorful combination of fluffy rice and tender garlic scapes. The dish features perfectly cooked rice paired with sautéed garlic scapes, delivering a satisfying blend of textures and a subtle garlic-infused taste.

Making rice with garlic scapes

Garlic Scapes provide a nutritious boost, as garlic scapes are rich in antioxidants and beneficial nutrients, adding both taste and health benefits to this wholesome dish.

Serves:

2 people

Time to Prepare:

30 min, 1 day to rest

Time to cook or cure:

15 min

Skill

stir-fry

Serves:

2 people

Time to Prepare:

30 min + 1 day of rest

Time to cook or cure:

15 min

Skills:

Stir-fry

Ingredients & Tools

Ingredients

2 cups of cooked rive (1 day old) for rice cooking instructions go here
10 garlic shaped, freshly picked.
coconut oil or rice oil

Tools

cutting board
chef’s knife
wok
metal spoon
serving plate

Useful guidelines

Finding garlic scapes

Garlic scapes are the flowering stem of a garlic plant. these are usually available in spring time. If you have a local farmers in your area that grows vegetables, he might have them for sale. They are not easy to come by in a store, as they perish quite quickly. In Chinese supermarketers they have garlic chives. these can be used as a substitute. If these are all hard to come by, consider planting some garlic next fall or late winter in a pot and enjoy this dish as a speciality when they start to flower!

Directions

Simply follow these steps in order to make (fill in titel):

Step 1:

Boil and prepare rice

Step 2:

Slice up your entire garlic scapes in 2 cm long pieces.

In a hot wok, add the oil and then strip fry your garlic scopes on high heat, tossing them around constantly for about 3-4 minutes.

Step 3:

When cooked but not too golden yet, add in the dry old rice.

Step 4:

Toss the rice around for another 4 minutes tops and then serve it!

Storage

Best served fresh! This dish does not tore well.

PRO TIP:

Combine with a nice and fragrant meat dish. Anything asian inspired usually works well. But a more classical chicken dish like our lemon and thyme chicken thigh dish is also a winner!