Gongaarian Brussels Sprouts

Sup dudes.

I was in the mood for something different tonight but didn't want to spend all evening cooking, so I came up with a simple way to cook Brussels sprouts that I had never tried before. You'll need the following:

• a prime number of Brussels sprouts (I used 13)
  


• a red Serrano chili pepper, chopped*
  


• a 1" or so chunk of ginger, grated
  


• a lemon
  

Clean your Brussels spouts and remove the lower part of the bud and the outer leaves. Parboil / blanch what's left for 3-4 minutes in salted boiling water. Drain and put them in cold water to keep them from turning gray and stop the cooking. You definitely don't want Brussels sprouts to overcook**. Drain thoroughly and cut the spouts in half. They'll probably release some more water as you do, so drain them again afterwards.

Heat some kind of fat (butter, oil... peanut oil would be good) in a pan over medium high heat (don't let your butter burn!) and add the Brussels sprouts when hot. Fry them for about 3 - 4 minutes and add the chilis. Fry that for about 3 - 4 more minutes, then reduce heat to medium low. When the pan has cooled down some, put the ginger in, and stir constantly. If the ginger starts to brown immediately, pick the pan up off the burner and keep stirring. Fry that for a minute or two.

When you're done, put it in a bowl and squeeze some lemon juice onto it to suit your taste and eat it.

I ate the rest of the lemon for dessert. Also, this would probably be good if you added chicken.




* remove the seeds and pith if you don't want the chilies to be too hot

** You definitely don't want to grossly undercook them either. I learned that the hard way the first time I ever cooked them. Seldom have I shat so furiously.