Black Garlic Kitchen

Black Garlic Spicy Spring Greens

This tasty side dish of stir-fried spring greens with chilli sauce is great as a side to all sorts of dishes. Black Garlic elevates the earthy flavour of spring greens and its sweet undertones complement the fiery spicy chilli. Quick and easy to make with minimum fuss!

Black Garlic Kitchen Garden showcase spring vegetable – Spring Greens

Black Garlic Spicy Spring Greens

Prep: 5 mins | Cook: 6 mins | Serves: 4 as a side | V | Ve

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 170g shiitake mushrooms – stalks discarded, caps thinly sliced
  • 3 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp Black Garlic Paste
  • 1 tbsp chilli-garlic sauce or sambal oelek sauce
  • 1 tbsp freshly grated ginger
  • 350g spring greens – washed, tough stems discarded, leaves sliced
  • 1 tsp black sesame oil
 

Garnish (optional)

  • Sesame seeds

Method

  • Heat the vegetable oil in a wok set over a medium-high heat, add the mushrooms, stir-fry for 2 minutes.
  • Stir in the soy sauce, Black Garlic Paste, chilli-garlic sauce and ginger.
  • Add the spring greens and a splash of water.
  • Stir-fry for 4 minutes until the spring greens have wilted. Add the sesame oil at the end of the cooking time.
 

To Serve: tip the spicy spring greens onto a serving plate. Sprinkle over sesame seeds if using.

Top Tip: prepare all the ingredients beforehand as this dish comes together quickly.