chef Chin here in the Bahamas we don't cook with lemongrass, but I will loved to try it one day. here is a suggestion instead of throwing away the top of the lemongrass you can boil it for tea. Lemongrass tea is the only way we use lemongrass here. it also give the house a nice aroma.

Thanks for the video.. I also use the part you threw out to put with the grass part of lemongrass for tea delicious..

A few years ago, I fell in love with lemongrass while eating Tomyan soup for the first time in Thailand. Lemongrass has a mysterious and beautiful scent. Today, I learned how to prepare lemongrass for the first time. Thank you~👍👍👍

Such elegance mixed with humor. Lucky to live near Asian markets..,such yummy selections. Thanks 🥰

Chef Chin, you're the best. Thank you so much for a perfect and complete explanation of how to use lemongrass properly. My local Asian market stopped supplying the jarred lemongrass I had been using to cook the occasional southeast Asian dish (but particularly Rendang Beef) and I was directed to the fresh lemongrass for the first time. (They also stopped supplying frozen galangal and are now selling fresh and raw galangal, so these are moves towards better, fresh products - a definite plus!) In any event, this was the simple, short and easy to follow explanation i needed to get this new fresh lemongrass into my homemade curry paste with minimum delay! I'm definitely subscribing to your channel. I can't wait to see your other useful tips as I expand the range of dishes of East and Southeast Asian origin that I can manage to cook at home. Thanks again, Just your nerdy friendly white dude living in a high Asian-American community near NYC. :)

Thank you, Katie - much appreciated!

Thank you. This is just what I was looking for!

Awesome, clear and concise explanation of how to prep lemongrass. Thank you 🙏

When trying to grow it, it is best to purchase stalks and plant them. Many plants sold potted are of a tougher tea variety and not for cooking. Tea variety red stalk and cooking variety green stalk.

@0626love

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I didnt know about the differences in toughness across varieties. I'm growing one that has partly turned to purple. I guess that is the tea one... I wondered about the woody bits in my soup myself.

@jbadd9797

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful tip, thank you 💗

@damonkatos4271

2 жыл бұрын

Dang mine are red stalks

Save the fibrous parts and dry them to use in tea. (Discard the outermost layer or two because they'll have lost flavor as they've aged after harvest.)

Thank you for this great info since it is the first time I will be cooking with lemongrass. 🤗❤️

Very informative. Thank you for posting!

Really helpful tips for use of lemon grass in cooking. 👌❤️

Great video! You answered my questions quickly and fully. I love your friendly style of presentation

@curtisrobinson7962

Жыл бұрын

This is a good video, she didn't talk for 2.5 minutes before getting down to business; what a joy. What I learnt is: lemongrass is similar to leeks in that one generally uses only the lower bottom bit and the top part is discarded. I did not know, and then I did.

Thank you so much!!! Wanted to add some lemongrass to a Thai-inspired soup I was making but wasn’t sure the best way to.

Thank you so much chef Katie my silly behind went and used the top portion of the lemongrass cooked it for approximately 15 minutes and wondered why it was not getting softer to the point that one can chew it without thinking they're chewing on potato chips. So I thank you so very much. The worst thing to put inside of a Thai green curry soup is the top portion of the lemongrass when the bottom portion needs to go in LOL

Katie...love this!

Sooo helpful!!! Thank you :)

Thanks I love lemon grass

Great Video! Thanks.

Thanks, that was helpful. Yesterday I had Thai lemongrass chicken for the first time and lived it. Now I want to cook at home with lemongrass.

The video was really helpful!

Katie, great video for this home brewer as my Wit Bier recipe is calling for lemongrass and I had no idea how to prepare it for the boil.

I am learning from you thank you for sharing. Big like and support

Thank you. I needed to know this.

Thank you! That was exactly what I needed to know. ..So I guess some of our favorite Thai restaurants aren’t removing those outer layers... (ending up along the edge of my plate)... :)

In Latin culture we use the grass leaf part that was said to be tossed out for tea...

I am making a satay from scratch and thought lemongrass would be nice in it for next time. Thank you for showing us the correct way to use it.

Love your stove.

Thank you!

Thanks, this was very helpful.

Thank you!.

Very good and nicely informative

Great video

Thank you.

I have been propagating lemon grass for a while now and don't know how to use it. Thanks for sharing. Time to make some soup with it....

@whifflingtit9240

4 жыл бұрын

Lemongrass is an essential ingredient in a few tea blends.

Very helpful

I'm growing lemongrass to cook with but all I have are really long leaves - the stalks themselves are still really short. Any chance I can cook with the leaves?

thank you

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umm!! can't wait!!

love 💘 it

Thank you random youtube person. You have saved thanksgiving.,

i remember a $30 buffet in vegas, green valley ranch would stir fry garlic, chilis, and lemongrass into a crispy topping that would come heaped over all you can eat split king crab legs you could get from the cold section, hand it to them and they reheat it in oil and aromatics before serving it back with garnish and drawn butter. No other vegas buffet does endless crab legs ao well like that.

Good tips

So I made my lemon grass into a oil by simmering it with olive oil, is it safe to eat a few drops of that?

Wahoooooo thank you

How do u use the green leafy growth?

ah thanks for this, only used it once and failed badly so i need to learn how today haha

Nice video ❤❤

Thanks for the info. I love lemongrass, it just sucks because I have to drive to the Asian stores which are an hour away just to buy it.

@starofgideon

5 жыл бұрын

Facts. They dont sell it everywhere. Very hard to find.

Very helpful, thank you. Will watch more of your vids. Great presentation. Can I offer a mixing tip, turn your music down a notch or two, it competes with your lovely voice.

Thanks

1:20 - whoa... so I'm paying $1.60 for one piece of a 3" grass stem. When is the best time to add the lemongrass for fried rice, do you add it at the end of the stir fry or at the middle during the cooking process?

I just grew a bunch in my garden. What can you use the leaves for?

@josephmaccauley3640

Жыл бұрын

Tea

@mariloudelossantos1350

2 ай бұрын

I use cooked lemongrass water in my daily bath mixed with tap water in turn lukewarm ! Feeling fresh all day !😊😊😊

good video

Lemongrass is sold in large quantities and was kind of expensive at the store. My recipe only calls for like, one stalk. Is there any way to preserve it and keep it ready for future dishes? Thanks!

@peacku

3 жыл бұрын

you can freeze whole stalks for a couple months but the best way to freeze it is to use a blender to turn it into a paste with a tiny bit of water and put it in an ice cube tray. when you want to use it, just throw a cube or two in your soup, curry or other dish.

@curtisrobinson7962

Жыл бұрын

I haven't done this as yet, but my plan ('cause I just bought some - three stalks for $.86 at the Asian market) is to prep the lemongrass up to the point of smashing and then throw it in the freezer. Then when I'm ready just grab a frozen chunk from the freezer and throw it in the pot. Not sure if it will work, but that's my plan to impart flavor into my curry.

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Wow! I've been doing this all wrong. I minced up 100% of the lemongrass, (didn't throw away any of it), and added it to my stir fry. No wonder it tasted off lol... I was just eating hard chunks the entire time with no flavor.

@curtisrobinson7962

Жыл бұрын

Isn't KZread great? So much knowledge here, (and some disinformation). I made a joke saying that there are even videos on how to wash dishes, not knowing if that was true. It's true.

I would use the top part to make teas.

That part wasted is also good for cooking.

@BryceGarling

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of people cook with the inner part and make tea with the outer part.

2:01 you can use your fist punch the lemon grass

I watch these for the music

you can make tea with the leaves

Im makingGrilled Lemongrass pork. It says to marinate only 24 hours in frig. Why only 24 hours? stu

is that a real orchid hanging near the stove????

2:00 You can go out in the back yard and grab a rock to pound the lemongrass. :D

1:28~How to prepare

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That bottle of wine is gonna break! lol

I wouldn't use a bottle of wine to smash it....

you don't actually have to toss the leaves out, that's a waste of making a really nice tea!

Is the rest of the stalk just not enjoyable or not a lot of flavour why do you throw away so much

you have to discard THAT much of the stick? Seems so wasteful

cAN'TUNDERSTAND THE aMERICASN ACCENT PLUS THAT DIRE MUSIC BACKGROUND OBSCURING THE DIALOGUE.

What do u mean bottle of wine. u want me to smash it on the table and break glass everywhere. Not a very smart tip at all🤨

@balemkarap5090

4 жыл бұрын

😀

@markm4311

3 жыл бұрын

Don't have to smash it so hard it will break, you are crushing grass, not granite. Just how clueless are you?

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@claydustin9215

8 ай бұрын

😂

Please don't toss away. Boil as tea or dehydrate for tea or to add in body scrub etc. this lady don't know what she's talking about. Such wastage.

Knock off the bull. Get straight to the point.

@chrysologusdmello204

5 жыл бұрын

you need to know that her husband is tough from the outside and tender from the inside

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