[NEW 2023] How to make Thai Northwest sour bamboo shoots

Each region has a different type of sour bamboo shoots. However, if you have ever set foot in the Northwest and enjoy the sour bamboo shoots here, you will certainly feel the unique and unique taste of the Northwest sour bamboo shoots nowhere else. Northwest sour bamboo shoots are often processed into a variety of simple dishes, but contribute to the richness of the cuisine of the highland people. As a familiar dish, not everyone knows how to make sour bamboo shoots in the Northwest, which can be eaten all year round. The following article shared by Dried Agricultural Products will answer you how to make Thai Northwest sour bamboo shoots so that they don’t spoil for a long time.

1. How to make Thai Northwest sour bamboo shoots for a long time without spoiling?

• For the White Thai people, they use fresh bamboo shoots and soak them in water to form Mang Chua
• For the Den Thai people, they use fresh bamboo shoots brewed with salt to create a very different kind of Mang Chua

1.1 Time to harvest bamboo shoots

1.2 Choose bamboo shoots for pickling

As we have just learned above, there are many bamboo shoots in the Northwest but not every season. The most delicious type of bamboo shoots that Thai Trang ethnic people often use is bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots are types of bamboo shoots with yellow leaves, large, round, white, fleshy tubers. This type of bamboo shoots has a very fragrant, crispy taste, when salted and sour, it does not become scum.

• Forest bamboo shoots: This type of bamboo shoots grows wild in the forest. They have a hard body, thick and hard flesh, and are delicious to eat. This type of bamboo shoots is the best and is used for pickling
• Bamboo shoots: House bamboo shoots are bamboo shoots grown by people in the forest by their own hands. They can be planted next to wild bamboo to grow together. This type of bamboo shoots are not as delicious as wild bamboo shoots, when salt is easily scum, pieces of bamboo shoots turn yellow, eat a bit pungent. However, because bamboo shoots are popular and easy to grow, they are still preferred for pickling.

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1.3 Preparation ingredients

• Fresh house bamboo shoots
• Grate
• Knife
• Containers
• Pure water
• Washbasin

1.4 Processing fresh bamboo shoots

• Bamboo shoots harvested from the forest, you use a knife to filter out all the green skin that covers the outside of the bamboo shoots
• Wash each peeled bamboo shoot under clean running water. Let the bamboo shoots dry and drain
• Chop bamboo shoots into small pieces for easy making
• Using scraper, scrape bamboo shoots into small thin strands

1.5 Bamboo shoots salt

• Once the bamboo shoots have been scraped, put them in a glass jar
• Pour pure water into the glass jar just grated
• Pour water invasively, do not pour too much
• Cover the glass jar and bring salt for about 7-10 days, the bamboo shoots begin to ferment

Sour bamboo shoots after you do the right technique, each bamboo shoot will be pure white, milky white like rice water, no scum on the surface of the jar. Where to use, take it out there and continue to cover the jar and store it.

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2. What makes sour bamboo shoots delicious and unique?

2.1 Stir-fried sour bamboo shoots with chicken gizzards

• 1 bowl of sour bamboo shoots
• 2 sets of chicken gizzards
• Refined salt
• Scallions washed, chopped
• Cooking oil
• Seasoning: main noodles, ground pepper

• With sour mango, use your hands to gently squeeze the bamboo shoots to drain the water. Put sour bamboo shoots in the basket
• Chicken gizzards bought, you wash chicken gizzards under clean running water
• Mix in a pot of dilute salt, put the chicken gizzard inside and soak for 5 minutes with dilute salt water to disinfect
• Take out the chicken gizzards, rinse with clean water. Let the chicken gizzards drain. Chop chicken gizzards into small pieces
• Put cooking oil in a pan and heat it
• When the oil is hot, add the chicken gizzards and cook until cooked for 5 minutes
• Put spices + seasoning seeds + main noodles + ground pepper into the chicken gizzard. Stir well for seasoning to dissolve
• Remove the chicken gizzard on a plate
• Continue using the pan and put the cooking oil in the pan and heat it
• When the oil is hot, add the sour bamboo shoots and stir-fry until cooked for 5 minutes
• Pour the bowl of fried chicken gizzards above into the island with the sour bamboo shoots for 3 minutes
• Season the food to your taste
• Add finely chopped scallions and stir for 2 minutes
• The fried chicken gizzards with bamboo shoots is just right, you turn off the heat and pour it on a plate and eat it as soon as it’s hot

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2.2 Braised meat with sour bamboo shoots

• 1 bowl of sour bamboo shoots
• 300g pork belly
• 2 tablespoons of water
• Refined salt
• Scallions washed, chopped
• Seasoning: main noodles

• Remove the sour bamboo shoots from the jar. Use your hands to squeeze the bamboo shoots until the water is exhausted. Let the bamboo shoots dry
• When you buy pork belly, you wash the meat under the tap
• Mix in a pot of dilute salt, put pork belly in and soak in dilute salt water for 5 minutes to disinfect
• Pick up the pork belly, wash it with clean water
• Use a clean towel to dry the meat
• Cut pork belly into small pieces just enough to eat
• Put cooking oil in a pot and heat it
• Hot oil, put pork belly on the island and cook for 5 minutes
• Put 1 liter of pure water in the meat pot and bring to a boil
• Boiling water, add sour bamboo shoots and cook with pork belly for 10 minutes
• Put 2 tablespoons of water in the pot to store and create color
• Add spices + seasoning seeds + main noodles to the meat pot. Stir well until seasoning dissolves
• Season the pot of braised meat to fit my mouth
• Sprinkle a little finely chopped scallions, stir until the onions are cooked
• Scoop the sour bamboo shoots into a bowl, eat immediately when hot

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2.3 Chicken soup cooked with bamboo shoots

• 1 bowl of sour bamboo shoots
• 300g chicken (prepared)
• Refined salt
• Green onions, finely chopped
• Purple onion, sliced
• Fresh chili, chopped
• Cooking oil
• Fish sauce
• Seasoning: main noodles, ground pepper

• Remove the sour bamboo shoots to a bowl. Use your hands to gently squeeze the sour bamboo shoots out of water. Put sour bamboo shoots in a basket to drain
• Buy chicken, you wash the chicken under clean running water
• Mix in a pot of dilute salt, put the chicken in and soak for 7 minutes with salt water to disinfect
• Remove the chicken, rinse the chicken under clean running water. Let the chicken drain
• Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Put the chicken in a bowl
• Put in a bowl of chicken including: fish sauce + spices + seasoning seeds + main noodles + ground pepper. Mix well with the chicken
• Marinate chicken for about 30 minutes with spices to infuse
• Put cooking oil in a pot and heat it
• When the oil is hot, add the purple onion and fry until golden brown and fragrant
• Pour the bowl of chicken into the pot and stir with the red onion for 10 minutes until the meat is cooked
• Pour 1 liter of purified water into the pot of chicken, simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes
• Pour the sour bamboo shoots into the chicken pot. Cooked with chicken for 15 minutes
• Sprinkle chopped scallions into the chicken pot, stir well until cooked
• Season the soup to taste
• The soup is just right, turn off the heat and scoop it out into a bowl and eat it as soon as it’s hot

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2.4 Stir-fried buffalo meat with sour bamboo shoots

• 1 bowl of pickled bamboo shoots
• 300g fresh buffalo meat
• Water holding
• Green onions, finely chopped
• Garlic, minced
• Cooking oil
• White wine
• Seasoning: main noodles, ground pepper, white sugar

• Remove the sour bamboo shoots to a bowl. Use your hands to gently squeeze the sour bamboo shoots out of water. Put sour bamboo shoots in a basket to drain
• Bought buffalo meat, washed under the tap
• Soak buffalo meat with white wine for 15 minutes
• Pick up buffalo meat, rinse buffalo meat under clean running water. Let the buffalo meat drain. Slice buffalo meat into thin slices enough to eat
• Put in a bowl of buffalo meat including: spices + seasoning seeds + main noodles + ground pepper + fish sauce + white sugar + 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic. Mix well with buffalo meat
• Marinate buffalo meat with spices for 15 minutes for the meat to infuse
• Put the pan on the stove, add cooking oil and heat the oil
• When the oil is hot, add the remaining minced garlic and fry until golden brown and fragrant
• Pour the bowl of buffalo meat into the island, along with minced garlic until cooked over high heat for 10 minutes
• Continue, pour sour bamboo shoots into a pan of stir-fried buffalo, stir-fry with buffalo for 15 minutes until bamboo shoots and buffalo meat are thoroughly cooked
• Adjust the seasoning to suit your taste
• Sprinkle finely chopped scallions into the pan, stir until the onions are cooked
• The dish is delicious, turn off the stove and scoop it out on a plate and enjoy it as soon as it’s hot

3. Conclude