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These ginger recipes are the best ways to use fresh ginger root! It’s ultra versatile: use in soups, dressings, tea, desserts, and more.
Got fresh ginger root? Ginger is one of the most beautiful, versatile ingredients to work with in the kitchen! This root of a flowering plant is used as a spice in many cuisines, and has lots of potential health benefits to boot. But the best part? It adds peppery, pungent flavor to recipes both sweet and savory.
Try it in a DIY herbal tea, mixed with honey and lemon, or infused into a simple syrup for co*cktails. Make it into a stir fry or fried rice, or a 20 minute chickpea curry. You can even put it into an apple crisp, where it adds big, cozy flavor. In fact, we’re getting hungry! Let’s get cooking!
And now…the best fresh ginger recipes to try!
Carrot Ginger Soup
Here’s a bright orange ginger recipe that that tastes like sunshine:Carrot Ginger Soup!This recipe is ideal for when you’ve got a big bag of carrots to use up, or when you’re in the midst of a gray season craving sun. We often avoid pureed soups around here because they’re not filling enough to be a meal. But this carrot ginger soup: this one’s worth taking time for! It’s great as a first course, or for lunch withgrilled cheese.
Ginger Tea
Another favorite in our ginger recipes: Ginger Tea! It’s a fantastic way to use fresh ginger root. Cozy and warming, it's full of spicy ginger flavor, with a hint of tangy lemon and sweet honey. It’s a good substitute for coffee, if you’re trying to avoid caffeine. And it's got potential health benefits like aiding digestion, reducing inflammation, and more! Here’s how to make this DIY herbal tea.
Also try: Lemon Ginger Tea
Ginger Dijon Dressing
Here’s a tasty dressing that makes any pile of greens taste infinitely better: try thisGinger Salad Dressing! This sunny vinaigrette pairs rice vinegar, honey and oil with the earthy spiciness of fresh ginger root. Wow does it take a salad over the top! It’s great on just about anything, from salads to roasted vegetables.
Ginger Lime Hummus
Here's another fantastic fresh ginger recipe: ginger lime hummus! This recipe kicks up the hummus game with fresh, Asian-style flavors: ginger, lime, garlic, and soy sauce. It's ultra simple: just throw 6 ingredients into a food processor and blend! Try it on a baguette with pickled vegetables as a Vegan Banh Mi Sandwich.
Sesame Ginger Dressing
Want a great creamy ginger recipe for salads and bowl meals? Introducing…thisSesame Ginger Dressing! This dressing is part sauce, part dressing: creamy and full-bodied, with a bright zing from rice vinegar and a spicy ginger finish. Take one bite and every part of your tongue lights up: it’s savory, salty, tart, and a little sweet all at once. It takes salads to new heights, and transforms the everyday bowl meal into something transcendental.
Fried Rice with Ginger
What’s your favorite comfort food?Here’s our ultimate:Fried Rice! There’s something about the chewy clumps of eggs and the savory ginger and soy-infused bites that feels positively life giving. This is one of our top ginger recipes, because you simply cannot make it taste right without it. Here’s how to make the very best fried rice: it tastes just like takeout from your favorite restaurant.
Ginger Lemonade
Got a load of ginger on hand? Let’s makeGinger Lemonade! Adding fresh ginger root to this popular beverage makes it even more irresistible: the spicy ginger is just the right pair with the acidic pop of the lemon! This ingredient gives it a complexity that makes it taste almost like a co*cktail.
Carrot Ginger Dressing
Here’s a fresh, zingy drizzle for salads and bowl meals alike:Carrot Ginger Dressing! This vibrant sauce is packed with a punch of salty, savory, tangy, bright and sweet all at once. It incorporates Asian flavors like miso and rice vinegar, it’s got a twist: Mediterranean tahini brings in a creamy body to the dressing.
Broccoli Ginger Stir Fry
Here's another ginger recipe where fresh ginger root is absolutely essential: broccoli stir fry! This healthy green veggie is covered in a sauce that’s so flavorful, you’ll forget that it’s good for you. Add a few other colorful veggies, garlic and ginger, and an incredibly savory sauce. There’s so much flavor going on, it’s one of the best ways to eat your colorful veggies. Fresh ginger makes for the very best flavor in a stir fry.
Also try: Teriyaki Vegetable Stir Fry
Fresh ginger is also perfect for desserts! You don't need to just work with the dried version: fresh ginger root adds bigger, better flavor! Here's thevery bestclassic apple crumble (or apple crisp, because they’re pretty darn similar). It’s a big 9 x 13 pan to feed a crowd, and fresh ginger accentuates the gooey filling perfectly.
Ginger Martini
If you love the spicy flavor of the fresh root, might we suggest thisGinger co*cktail? It’s a refreshing spin on the vodka martini featuring ginger, lemon juice and dry vermouth. Each sip has just the right balance of sweet and tangy, with a spicy finish. Turns out, the bold flavor of ginger is a unique way to spice up your co*cktail repertoire!
Easy Chickpea Curry
Another great ginger recipe: curry! Fresh ginger root adds just the right nuance to Indian-style curry recipes. This quick and easy dinner recipe takes only about 20 minutes to make: which is groundbreaking in dinner territory. Warm spices and coconut milk make it one the most tastiest things you can make in that short time window—hands down.
Also try Vegetable Curry
Curried Butternut Squash Soup
This ginger recipe features curry flavors in a different presentation: soup! The Thai flavors of coconut, ginger and curry are the perfect match to butternut squash. It’s silky, creamy, and warming from the inside out. It’s one of our favoritebutternut squash recipes...ever.
Ginger Simple Syrup
This ginger recipe will become a go-to for adding a spicy zing all your drinks:Ginger Simple Syrup! This easy DIY co*cktail syrup is just what you need to take your mixed drinks to the next level. You’ll be surprised at how much flavor comes from just a small amount of the stuff. Drizzle it in and it adds a gingery finish to co*cktails: and it’s even better for adding intrigue to mocktails! It's great in a whiskey sour or a shortcut Penicillin.
Poke Bowl
Last up in our ginger recipes: Poke Bowls! This Hawaiian bowl of seasoned raw fish, rice and crunchy veggies has caught on here on the mainland, and everybody’s doing it! Yes, poke isthat good. And guess what? You can easily make poke in the comfort of your own home: it’s perfect for a weeknight meal, or even better for a party. Ginger adds just the right flavor to the ahi tuna, with garlic, soy sauce, and sesame oil.
Also try: Ahi Poke or Vegan Poke Bowl
A quick way to peel ginger
Here’s a quick tip on how to peel ginger: with a spoon! Ginger root is notoriously hard to peel with a vegetable peeler: it’s knobby and the skin is tough and stringy. But try peeling it with a spoon, and it works like a charm. It sounds unbelievable until you try it: but it’s the perfect tool for the uneven surface of ginger root.
Ginger nutrition benefits
Ginger has been used for centuries for medicinal purposes. The ginger tea recipe below is the best way to consume ginger, if you’re looking to absorb its benefits. We’re not doctors or nutritionists, but here are a few potential health benefits of drinking ginger tea, per a registered dietitian via BBC Food:
- Helps with digestion.Ginger has long been known to help with digestion and nausea. If you’ve got an upset stomach, ginger tea is much tastier than chewing on the actual root (I know from experience!).
- May be anti-inflammatory.Ginger has key phytonutrients known as gingerols, and these may help to support a healthy biome.
- May relieve headaches and migranes.Some research has shown ginger tea to aid in pain relief.
15 Best Ginger Recipes: Carrot Ginger Soup & More!
- Author: Sonja Overhiser
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
This carrot ginger soup recipe is simple but comes out with a pure flavor and velvety texture! Everyone will love this bright orange puree.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 yellow onion
- 4 cups chopped carrots (1 3/4 pounds or about 12 large carrots)
- 1 ½ tablespoon peeled and minced ginger root (about 1-inch nub)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 pinch cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup full fat coconut milk
Instructions
- Dice the onion. Peel and chop the carrots. Peel the ginger with a spoon, then mince it.
- In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onion and sauté for 5 minutes. Add the ginger, carrots, vegetable broth, garlic powder, cinnamon and salt and bring to a boil. Then simmer until the carrots are tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Carefully transfer the hot soup to a blender using a ladle (or use an immersion blender). Add the coconut milk and blend until smooth and creamy. Taste and adjust seasonings as desired. Serve swirled with a drizzle of coconut milk and topped with fresh cilantro.
- Category: Soup
- Method: Pureed
- Cuisine: Soup
- Diet: Vegan
Keywords: Ginger Recipes
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About the authors
Sonja & Alex
Hi, we’re Alex and Sonja Overhiser, married cookbook authors, food bloggers, and recipe developers. We founded A Couple Cooks to share fresh, seasonal recipes for memorable kitchen moments! Our recipes are made by two real people and work every time.
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