Veggie Resolution #18: Sunchokes
I was so excited when one of my favorite but rarely consumed veggies made its way into my CSA pick-up: the sunchoke! Also known as a Jerusalem artichoke, the tuber is neither from Jerusalem nor related to the artichoke. However, its starchy, flavorful meat is thoroughly delectable. If you ever come across a sunchoke, I highly recommend you give it a try. (And for the ginger averse like myself, not to worry – it does not taste like ginger at all!)
For a super easy preparation, you will need:
- Sunchoke
- 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
- Olive oil
- Pepper
Scrub sunchoke well, and thinly slice. Saute with garlic in olive oil until sunchoke slices are browned. Flip pieces over as needed.
Voila! Super simple, super scrumptious sunchoke. Take a bite and revel in this mild but flavorful root vegetable. Deeeelish!
Have you had sunchoke before? How do you prepare it?
I’ve never heard of sunchoke before, and you’re right — when I first saw the picture I thought it was ginger! Now I need to go seek them out because they sound (and look) delicious from your description!
1Good luck – hope you like them!
2Like Jenny, I’ve never heard of a sunchoke and totally thought it was ginger. Does it taste like a potato?
3The texture is very similar to a potato, but the flavor is a little sweeter!
4Cream of sunchoke soup is literally my favorite soup on earth! I’ve actually never had it other than in soup form…would love to try it that way! Side note…it gives me horrible gas. TMI! Haha.
5That sounds delicious – “cream of” soups are my fave. I’ll have to try making it if I get another sunchoke this week! And, uh, thanks for the TMI sharing
6I’ve always wondered what this looks and tastes like. It looks exactly like a ginger and thankfully you said doesn’t taste like it. Do you need to peel off the skin?
7You can peel off the skin if you’d like, but as long as you scrub the skin really well it is edible!
8I’m glad you posted this because I think we’ll be getting sunchokes in our CSA box this week – thanks!
9You’re welcome! Enjoy
10the first and only time i cooked with sunchokes, i didn’t do a good enough job getting the dirt out of all the crevices so the end product was a little…gritty. i decided that i would be sticking with potatoes as my favored tuber from that point!
11Ooh, yeah – the dirt was tricky. Hope you give them another try sometime!
12I don’t even know where I would find these near me! YUM
13Perhaps at a local farmer’s market? Good luck!
14yum! they look so brown and tasty!
15I heard these tubers can give “flatulence and, in some cases, gastric pain”* so I was really hesitant to try them when I received them in a trial CSA box. We ended up making chicken noodle sunchokes soup and I had no problems but I think the cook experienced some of that pain! hehe
*Source: Wikipedia
16i’ve never heard of sunchokes! how cool! it does look a lot like ginger. I want to try one now!
17Oh my gosh! I just saw that at a Korean Market the other day and thought it was ginger. The sign was labeled sunchoke but I thought it was a mistake lol. Now I can’t wait to try it!
18Ooooh! How yummy! I wonder if I can find these in Shanghai. I never had them before. I do love ginger and surprised that it doesn’t tastes like it when they look almost identical.
19oooh, this looks like a great way to prepare them! i tried a roasted sunchoke soup last winter that was delicious
20I’ve never heard of the sunchoke before and I thought it was ginger at first! I’ll have to try this out one day, especially since it’s so easy to make
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