Are wakame sprouts and wakame the same seaweed?

Wakame sprouts are a highly nutritious marine vegetable, containing rich minerals, vitamins, calcium, potassium, iodine and other elements. Regular consumption can prevent hair loss, relieve high blood pressure and more. So are wakame sprouts the same as wakame?

1. Are wakame sprouts the same as wakame?

Wakame sprouts are not wakame. Wakame sprouts are a highly nutritious marine vegetable that grows in the ocean, with the finest quality produced off the east coast of Iwate Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture and in Hokkaido, Japan. In South Korea it is a very common food, and wakame sprout soup is a must on the table at birthdays, during postpartum confinement, and at family gatherings. Wakame is a type of seaweed with skirt-like ribbons along its edges, with edges that split in a feather-like pattern, and it grows very well in seawater with warm currents.

2. What are some ways to prepare wakame sprouts?

1. Wakame sprout and mixed vegetable soup

Ingredients - main ingredient: wakame sprouts; supplementary ingredients: nameko mushrooms, bean sprouts, eggs, cherry tomatoes; seasonings: salt, chicken essence, pepper, sesame oil, scallions.

Method

(1) Chop the scallions into small pieces, cut the tomatoes open, crack the eggs into a bowl and beat them, wash the bean sprouts, and cut the wakame sprouts into short lengths for later use.

(2) Set a pot on the heat and pour in water. Once the water boils, add the wakame sprouts and nameko mushrooms and simmer over high heat for 2-3 minutes. Add pepper, chicken essence and salt to season, then add the bean sprouts. Once the bean sprouts are cooked, pour in the eggs and tomatoes, sprinkle with chopped scallions and drizzle with sesame oil, and it is ready.

2. Sesame-dressed wakame sprouts

Ingredients: 150 g wakame sprouts, 5 g minced garlic, 10 g shredded ginger, an appropriate amount of toasted sesame seeds, 1 small teaspoon vegetarian oyster sauce, a little salt, 1 small teaspoon sugar, 1 small teaspoon glutinous rice vinegar, 1 tablespoon sesame oil

Method

(1) Put the wakame sprouts into boiling water and blanch them briefly, then scoop them out, rinse them in ice water, scoop them out again and drain well.

(2) Add the minced garlic, shredded ginger and all the seasonings to the blanched wakame sprouts from step 1 and mix well, then add the toasted sesame seeds and mix well. Chill in the refrigerator until the flavors are absorbed, and it is ready.