How to Boil Bamboo Shoots & Store in Jars (for Over 1 Year)
How to Boil Bamboo Shoots & Store in Jars (for Over 1 Year)

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If you're lucky enough to live in an area where you can get fresh bamboo shoots, here's how to cook them. Bamboo shoots are a vegetable used in Asian dishes such as stir-fries. Raw bamboo shoots taste very bitter unless they are prepared properly.

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The ingredients needed to make How to Boil Bamboo Shoots & Store in Jars (for Over 1 Year):
  1. Make ready 1 as many as you have Bamboo shoots
  2. Make ready 1 Rice bran
  3. Make ready 1 several Red chili pepper
  4. Get 1 enough to store the bamboo shoots Storage jar
  5. Get 1 large enough to fit the jar inside A large pot

But often, your pots may be too small to cook them whole. When peeling the skins off fresh bamboo shoots, be careful not to hurt your hands (the skins are quite sharp). If the water with rice bran boils over, cleanup is a big mess. Fresh bamboo shoots can be sliced and boiled, sautéed or braised and served as an accompaniment to meat and fish.

Steps to make How to Boil Bamboo Shoots & Store in Jars (for Over 1 Year):
  1. I got lots of bamboo here and there this year.
  2. So I just boiled it all. Peel back the hard layers, wash clean, and cut the tips at an angle. Stick the knife straight down into the center.
  3. Place the bamboo shoots inside their skins into a pot with water along with the bran (a handful), drop in 2-3 red chili peppers, and boil for about an hour without letting it boil over. After boiling, let it cool overnight.
  4. Cleanly rinse off the bran the following day, and peel back the brown skin from the cut you made with a knife. (You can eat it at this stage, if you like.) Rub the surface under cold water to remove the scum (It's better to use cold running water), and let sit for half a day.
  5. Chop up the bamboo shoots into varying sizes, and pack them tightly into a jar without any spaces between them. Fill with water to the top, and lightly close the lid.
  6. Place the jar into the pot, fill with water up to the neck of the jar, and turn on the heat. Bring to a boil, and boil for 30 minutes.
  7. Take the jar out, and tightly close the lid, taking care not to burn yourself. (It might be best to get a guy to do this part.) Next, submerge the jar in hot water, and boil for 30 more minutes.
  8. Flip the jar upside down, let cool, and it is done. They should last at room temperature for up to a year.
  9. How to remove the bamboo shoots: Make a hole in the jar with an opener (it should make a hissing sound as it releases air), and open after letting some air in.
  10. You can only use the lid once. You can find storage jars for sale for mountain vegetables (with lids too) at a home improvement centers.
  11. I canned this portion of hachiku (Henon bamboo) bamboo shoots a year ago.
  12. These jars are from 2012. I have 10 in total.

Select bamboo shoots that are short with a wide base and are solid and heavy for their size. Avoid soft, moldy, or cracked bamboo shoots or. Fresh bamboo shoots are available year-round, but the most prized are the smaller winter shoots. Shoots canned in water are an excellent substitute for fresh shoots and have the Fresh bamboo shoots contain toxins that are destroyed by cooking, so be sure to blanch or boil them before use. Bamboo Shoots (竹笋, Zhú Sǔn) - everything about bamboo shoots, how to use it in Chinese cooking, where to buy and how to store it.

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