Hey Loungers! Got any good recipes to use up a lot of fresh ginger?

[otherlander]

Preferably vegetarian. I bought some a couple of days ago to put in a garlic sauce for a stirfry and now I don't know what to do with the rest of it.
:hi:

[pitohui]

1. i have a few

however i'm a bit too tired at the moment to type in recipes so i'm instead going to give you a way to store your remaining ginger for a long time

to hold fresh ginger indefinitely, cut it up into dime sized pieces and put it in vodka in the fridge, it will last years, as alcohol is a preservative, and you will have convenient sized pieces to use when you make your chinese dishes

when you have finally used all the ginger, you can drink the now ginger flavored vodka, but i'm not a fan of ginger flavored vodka so i don't do it straight or in shots, instead something like coke and the ginger vodka with a twist of lime

[mainegreen]

2. Wow. I'm going to have to remember that.! stop.

[Kali]

9. ooo that sounds good

it will keep a LONG time on its own in the veg drawer, but I like this!

[GOPisEvil]

3. You can freeze fresh ginger for up to 6 months.

Just wrap it tightly in plastic and foil.

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[supernova]

4. Pickled ginger

That is great stuff, even if you don't eat the fish. :9

[Gormy Cuss]

5. Two ways to keep it for a long time

Peel it, slice it and put it in a small jar with sherry or rice wine to cover. Store indefinitely in the fridge. OR peel it, cut into chunks and freeze it.

Ever make gingerbread with fresh ginger? It's a treat. This recipe does have eggs.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/237680


on edit: pitohui's vodka idea is good too. The advantage to sherry or rice wine is when you use it in a stir fry, the flavor of the wine is already in the ginger.

[otherlander]

6. Thanks for all the ideas!

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[Perry Logan]

7. Spam spam ginger ginger spam ginger spam spam ginger ginger spam spam and spam.

[Kali]

8. grow it

set it in a pot of potting soil - don't bury it all the way, but push it down in a little. Makes a pretty house/porch plant - a little like bamboo

[otherlander]

10. Ooh, I think I'll cut off a piece and try that.

Until I get another pot, I'll just put it right in the basket with the spider plant.

[Shine]

11. Check out this cool link:

you just plug in a specific ingredient and lots of different recipes will pop up. It's very cool. :thumbsup:

http://www.recipezaar.com/

Bon Appetit! :hi:

[otherlander]

14. Thanks... Found a pretty easy-looking ginger cookie recipe.

[baldguy]

12. Fresh Ginger is nice,

But I always preferred Mary Ann.

[Arugula Latte]

13. Get some nice mild fresh white fish, not very thick.

Put the fish on a large piece of parchment paper. Sprinkle fish with soy sauce, sesame oil, scallions, cilantro, garlic or garlic powder, and finely chopped ginger. Fold parchment paper over fish and roll edges to make a packet. Put on a baking sheet in oven and cook 400 degrees or so 'til fish is done -- I dunno ... 15 or 20 minutes?

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[otherlander]

15. I'm saving that recipe.

I think I'll do cookies this time, but that looks good to try some other time.