Fennel???!?!?
upgradeddiddy
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Has anyone cooked with fennel before? I need help, all I have done so far was make a salad for my girlfriend (romaine lettuce, fennel, apples and oranges) but need more ideas, HELP!!!
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Stir fry with other veggies & juicer! I also made a gazpach recipe today that had fennel, cukes, tomatoes, and red pepper. It was great.0
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Mmm... fennel. Every year at Thanksgiving I use fennel instead of celery in my stuffing. Stuffing is a year-round food!0
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Do you eat pasta? I like it in crab linguine - half pasta, half courgette (zucchini) with grated fennel.0
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Which part of fennel? Seeds are used in many Indian recipes, and you can pretty much add them in any vegetable based soup, stir fry etc. I also use the green part (leaves, flowers, dresh or dried) to add flavour to grilled fish, steamed or boiled vegetables (awesome with green peas, carrots, potatoes) and to yoghurt based dips. The bulb can be eaten fresh as salad, even on its own with olive oil and lemon, and cooked pretty much wherever you would use potatoes (for example to repalce some of the potatoes served with chicken, oven roast etc).0
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I love fennel, but don't do anything exciting with it. In addition to the salad use, I mostly add it to other veggies and pan fry (sometimes then add to pasta, sometimes just leave as a side dish). I've roasted it on its own on occasion. Talking about the bulb here, although I'd usually add the leaves to the pan fry at the end for added flavor.0
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I'll cut up a fennel bulb and mix with other root veggies and roast in the oven on occasion.0
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I do the same thing, fennel gets nice and sweet when roasted.0
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Fresh fennel is used a lot in Italian cuisine. Google 'fennel recipe italian' and a lot of suggestions pop up.0
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I like sauteed fennel and onions on top of grilled chicken breast.0
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Cioppino (fish & seafood soup) uses chopped fennel.0
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Which part of fennel? Seeds are used in many Indian recipes, and you can pretty much add them in any vegetable based soup, stir fry etc. I also use the green part (leaves, flowers, dresh or dried) to add flavour to grilled fish, steamed or boiled vegetables (awesome with green peas, carrots, potatoes) and to yoghurt based dips. The bulb can be eaten fresh as salad, even on its own with olive oil and lemon, and cooked pretty much wherever you would use potatoes (for example to repalce some of the potatoes served with chicken, oven roast etc).
What great advice on using all parts of fennel. I've copied and pasted this into OneNote so I will always have this to reference and learn from it how to eat fennel. Thanks so much.0 -
A salad, but simple and delicious. http://markbittman.com/recipe/fennel-and-celery-salad/0
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Roast in the oven and put on pizza.
Or dice fine with other veg (I like summer squash, onions or leeks, and tomatoes) and put on top of salmon and poach in wine and olive oil.0 -
Slice 1/2 bulb finely and braise in a tiny bit of oil with 1/2 sliced onion, garlic and some lemon juice or verjuice, season, serve over wilted baby spinach and top with 3 seared sea scallops. (One serve) Yummo. Low carb & low cal, quick & delicious.0
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I bought a couple of bulbs in the last week and didn't know what to do with them. I baked one (it took a long time to bake) with an italian tilapia preparation, and the other one I stuck in an indian lentil soup.0
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I made a nice spring risotto with some fennel last weekend for Easter.0
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Which part of fennel? Seeds are used in many Indian recipes, and you can pretty much add them in any vegetable based soup, stir fry etc. I also use the green part (leaves, flowers, dresh or dried) to add flavour to grilled fish, steamed or boiled vegetables (awesome with green peas, carrots, potatoes) and to yoghurt based dips. The bulb can be eaten fresh as salad, even on its own with olive oil and lemon, and cooked pretty much wherever you would use potatoes (for example to repalce some of the potatoes served with chicken, oven roast etc).
Thanks! This was by far the most helpful. Went from barely knowing how to do anything with fennel to making 4 dishes out of it (not including my girlfriend's salad)
I did a fruit salad with fennel bulb, kiwi, mandarin oranges, apples and pears
Steamed fennel stalks, carrots and cauliflower
Sautéed fennel and garlic chicken
And wild and brown rice with red quinoa and fennel leaves
Pictures are below and thanks for everyone's comments.
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Slice the bulb, sautee in a little oil on high heat so it gets browned, top with lemon juice. Eat as a side dish with anything! My favorite veggie0
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