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18 Crunchy, Healthy Recipes for All Types of Sprouts

Eat sprouts, feel instantly healthier. Check out these 18 recipes for our best ways to cook with and eat all types of sprouts.
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Peden + Munk

It's (sorta) science: Eat sprouts, feel instantly healthier. As a bonus, these tiny tendrils are also delicious. Click through to see our favorite ways for cooking with them.

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    Peden + Munk
    3/18

    Chile-and-Olive-Oil-Fried Egg with Avocado and Sprouts

    To cook the perfect olive oil–fried egg, make sure the skillet is really hot.

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    Kevin Cooley
    4/18

    Black Noodles

    The key to this dish is not letting the noodles stick together. Keep them moving in the pot, drain very well after rinsing, and add the oil to coat right away. If you like, quickly grill a few slices of sirloin steak and toss them in at the end. It's rounded out by 2 hearty cups of mung bean sprouts.

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  • Image may contain Plant Animal Lobster Seafood Food Sea Life Produce Sprout Vegetable and Bean Sprout
    Jason Lowe
    7/18

    Bean Sprout Pickle

    These crisp, fresh pickles are often offered along with fresh herbs at the table. Tuck them into a lettuce-leaf wrapper or use them to doctor brothy soup.

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  • Side view of a veggie burger on a seeded bun with sprouts avocado and sliced tomato.
    Photo by Matt Duckor
    8/18

    Veggie Burger

    A burger topped with sprouts? Well, it IS a veggie burger, after all.

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Senior Associate Web Editor. When she’s not torturing herself by grinding coffee beans by hand and making her own butter, Rochelle writes about cooking techniques and seasonal eating for bonappetit.com. She comes to BA by way of a small farm in Central New York, where she worked as a farmhand ... Read More
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