Delicious 'Stir-fried Garlic Scapes': Various Garlic Scape Recipes from Pickles to Seasoned Salads

Garlic scapes are the flower stalks of the garlic plant. Stir-fried garlic scapes are a representative dish, and garlic scapes are one of the most common ingredients used in side dishes served with rice.

Now, let's take a closer look at how to make stir-fried garlic scapes.

Baek Jong-won style stir-fried garlic scapes using the aroma of green onions and oil

First, prepare an appropriate amount of garlic scapes (about 25g) and green onions to accompany them. In addition, prepare cooking oil, soy sauce, toasted sesame salt, and sugar. Wash the garlic scapes thoroughly and cut them into appropriate sizes. Pour cooking oil into a frying pan, stir-fry the garlic scapes, and then add soy sauce, sugar, and toasted sesame salt while stir-frying well. It is also a good idea to add green onions or onions according to your preference while stir-frying. At this time, adding anchovies will result in delicious anchovy garlic scape stir-fry.

Baek Jong-won-style stir-fried garlic scapes are prepared similarly to the standard version. The difference is that the green onions and cooking oil are added before the pan heats up to enhance their flavor and aroma. Afterward, adding a special all-purpose soy sauce made with ingredients such as pork can further enhance the taste and aroma.

When making stir-fried garlic scapes, the stir-frying time and the amount of soy sauce and sugar are important. By adjusting these, you can make stir-fried garlic scapes that suit your palate. If you add more soy sauce to this recipe and simmer it, it becomes delicious braised garlic scapes in soy sauce. To make it even tastier, it is good to add mirin and oligosaccharide.

How to Make Delicious Pickled Garlic Scapes and Garlic Scapes Seasoned with Gochujang

Another way to enjoy garlic scapes is garlic scape salad (muchim). The seasoning is the key when making garlic scape salad. Basically, you need 5 spoons of gochujang (red chili paste), 4 spoons of oligosaccharide, 4 spoons of vinegar, 1 spoon of minced garlic, about 5ml of soy sauce, and a little sesame oil. Once you mix this seasoning well, toss it with the stir-fried garlic scapes to complete the salad. As with the stir-fry, it is better to sprinkle a little toasted sesame salt. When making the salad, it is also good to increase the amount of gochujang according to your taste, which results in garlic scape gochujang salad. The intensity of the seasoning or the ingredients for garlic scape salad may vary slightly depending on the region.

To experience the deep flavor of garlic scapes, it is also good to know how to make garlic scape pickles (jangajji). First, boil 200g of dark soy sauce, 100g of vinegar, 100g of sugar, 100g of water, and 1 tablespoon of salt. Once it has boiled for 10 to 20 minutes or more until the aroma rises well, let it cool slightly and mix it with the cleaned garlic scapes, then store it at room temperature. At this time, adding onions or chili peppers can provide a pungent taste. After storing it like this for about 3 days, you can enjoy garlic scape pickles, which feature a deep harmony between the garlic scapes and the soy sauce.

[Fam Times = Hong Seung-beom, journalist]