Healthy Ginger Recipes for Every Day

Fuel your day with nutritious meals made with Ginger. Tasty, balanced, and easy to cook.

Recipes with Ginger

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Japanese Ginger Pork (Shogayaki)

Shogayaki is a beloved Japanese dish featuring thin slices of pork sautéed in a fragrant ginger-infused sauce. The pork is typically marinated briefly in a mixture of soy sauce, mirin, sake, and freshly grated ginger, then quickly stir-fried until tender. This savory-sweet combination delivers a comforting flavor profile that's both robust and refreshing. Often served with steamed rice and shredded cabbage, Shōgayaki is a staple in Japanese home cooking, appreciated for its simplicity and satisfying taste.

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Braised Winter Melon with Tofu and Grilled Pork Belly

Braised winter melon with pork belly and tofu is a delicious home-cooked dish. The golden fried gammon steak (probably pork belly) is stewed with winter melon, tofu, mushrooms and other ingredients, and seasoned with garlic, shallots, scallions, ginger slices, etc. Finally, it is seasoned with oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and sugar, stewed until the flavors are absorbed, and thickened with cornstarch water. It has a rich taste and delicious flavor.

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Sesame Oil Chicken Rice

Fragrant but not greasy, aromatic but not spicy - this sesame oil chicken rice is full of sesame oil aroma. The ginger slices warm the stomach and are good for health, while the rice grains are chewy and soft, making it a truly warm and nourishing dish.

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Homestyle Ginger & Scallion Sauce

The amount of ginger paste in this recipe is three times the usual amount, because my whole family loves ginger paste. Generally, ginger paste is served with boiled chicken, but everyone in my family mainly eats ginger paste with rice, and the amount of rice is two to three times larger than usual 😳

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Radish rice

Nasi Lobak is a savory rice dish that combines white rice with sautéed radish with spiced chicken and dried shrimp. The aroma comes from a blend of garlic, ginger, and sesame oil, while oyster sauce and white pepper provide a distinctive umami flavor. The cooking process involves sautéing the ingredients until fragrant before cooking them with the rice in a rice cooker, resulting in a soft and flavorful rice texture.

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Egg Fried Rice with Salmon, Pepperoni, and Anchovy Fillet

This fusion-style egg fried rice combines the richness of salmon, the spicy kick of pepperoni, and the deep umami of anchovies for a bold and savory experience. The eggs create a silky, flavorful base, while sautéed ingredients add layers of texture and taste. A touch of ginger brings warmth and freshness, rounding out this modern twist on a classic comfort dish.

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Fresh and sweet lotus root, peanut, and squid soup

Dried squid is rich in high-quality protein and minerals such as calcium and iron, which can supplement essential amino acids for the body; lotus root is rich in dietary fiber and vitamin C, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and enhance immunity; peanuts provide plant protein and unsaturated fatty acids, and the nutrients are fully released after boiling. The protein, dietary fiber, and various minerals in the soup work synergistically to nourish the spleen and replenish the deficiency while moisturizing the skin. It is a healthy and nutritious soup with both inner beauty and taste. Tips: If you want to save time and retain the taste, it is more convenient to use a pressure cooker! Compared with slow cooking, high-pressure stewing can make the ingredients release the freshness faster, and lotus root pieces and peanuts can be quickly cooked to be soft and glutinous, and the purine content is even lower, so it is more burden-free to drink~

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Sweet and Sour Pineapple Sweet and Sour Pork

Sweet and sour pork is an appetizer with good color, aroma and taste. Choose pork tenderloin with fascia, the meat is tender and not too dry or fat. It is not like eating in a restaurant, which is like opening a blind box. Sometimes the meat is old and stuck in your teeth, and sometimes it is greasy and hard to swallow. You can control the ingredients when you make it yourself. The fascia locks in moisture. After frying, it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The sweet and sour sauce covers each piece of meat, making it safe and enjoyable to eat. Deliciousness is so simple...

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Steamed chicken with cordyceps flowers and red dates

The fresh fragrance of cordyceps flowers and the sweet fragrance of red dates linger, and the chicken is soaked in the soup and tender and boneless. It is smooth and delicate, the sweetness of red dates penetrates the texture, the cordyceps flowers are crisp and refreshing, and the soup adds flavor to the rice. Rich in amino acids, iron and various trace elements, it replenishes the body and nourishes the blood. It is a classic steamed dish that is nourishing and delicious. I can finish two bowls of rice with the soup. Others save their money in bank cards, and my money saves calories.

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Black chicken porridge

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