How to Eat Radishes

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Last Updated: February 16, 2023 References

Radishes have a distinctive peppery taste and a nice, crunchy texture. They can be delicious on their own or a great compliment to some of your favorite dishes. You can explore the different culinary possibilities of radishes by leaving them raw, pickling them, or roasting them.

Ingredients

Pickling Radishes

Radishes
Vinegar
Sugar
Salt
Water

Roasting Radishes

Radishes
Olive oil
Salt

Method 1

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Eating Raw Radishes

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Wash your radishes. Place your radishes in a food strainer and run warm water over them. Scrub them thoroughly with a vegetable brush and make sure there isn’t any dirt on them before you start preparing them. Place your scrubbed radishes on a towel and let them dry for 5 minutes.
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Serve your radishes with butter and salt. Simply take your washed radishes and apply butter and salt to suit your taste. As you don’t have to chop the radishes, this requires little preparation but can be very delicious. If you want to get creative, you can use a food processor to mix other ingredients in with the butter, like garlic, lemon juice, and anchovy paste.^{[1]
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- If you like the taste or radishes on their own and want to be as healthy as possible, leave out the butter and salt.
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Cut up your radishes into small wedges and mix them into a salad. Radishes pair well with all types of salad greens, so you can mix them with whatever greens you prefer. Radishes also go well with many salad add-ins, like corn, cucumber, green onions, and basil.^{[2]
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- Sprinkle olive oil on top or use your favorite salad dressing if you want extra flavor.
- Forego oil or dressing if you want to have fewer calories.
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Add sliced radishes to a sandwich. Slice your radishes into thin circular pieces. If you really like radishes, make them the centerpiece of the sandwich by combining them with just herbs, like chives and dill, and a spread, like cream cheese or creamy goat cheese. You can also add radishes to a sandwich you already like or mix them in with more ingredients, like cuts of meat, lettuce, and tomatoes.^{[3]
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Use minced radishes in salsa. After mincing the radishes, mix them with your favorite salsa ingredients. People often mix radishes with green peppers, red peppers, and cucumbers when making salsa. Serve your salsa with corn chips or pita chips.^{[4]
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Method 2

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Pickling Radishes

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Submerge your radishes in vinegar, salt, and water. Thinly slice 1 bunch of radishes and combine them with 1/2 cup (118 ml) of white vinegar, 1 tablespoon (14.3 grams) of granulated sugar, and 2 teaspoons (8 grams) of kosher salt. Place your mixture in a mason jar or plastic container and move it to the refrigerator.^{[5]
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Let the radishes pickle in the refrigerator for 8 hours to 3 days. For a stronger pickled flavor, let them sit in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours. Discard your pickled radishes if you haven’t used them within 3 days.^{[6]
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Spread pickled radishes on toast with goat cheese. Once you have pickled radishes, you can mix them into a variety of dishes. Putting them on a toast is a very simple way of using them, and adding goat or feta cheese will add some nice extra flavor.^{[7]
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Use pickled radishes on tacos. Pickled radishes make a great compliment to many taco ingredients, including avocados, onions, beef, pork, and chicken. Use either corn, wheat, or white flour taco shells.
- Pickled radishes also work great with vegetarian taco fillings like beans and sweet potatoes.^{[8]
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Add pickled radishes and feta cheese to cooked quinoa. By throwing these ingredients together you’ll have a great quinoa salad. Use however many pickled radishes you’d like. Chill everything in the refrigerator for half an hour to make it a refreshing summer dish.^{[9]
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Method 3

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Roasting Radishes

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Chop 2 bunches of radishes coarsely. You’ll want the radishes to be in solid chunks, about the size of brussels sprouts. If you cut them too thin they could burn in the oven. Try to make the sizes of your cut radishes as consistent as possible.
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Toss your radishes in olive oil. Place your cut radishes in a mixing bowl and then add 1½ tablespoons (21.5 grams) of olive oil. Mix the oil and the radishes together until the radishes have an even coating of oil.
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Place your radishes on a baking sheet brushed with olive oil. Spread them evenly across the baking sheet, giving a little bit of space between radish pieces. A light coating of olive oil on the bottom of the sheet is all you need. Sprinkle a little salt on for extra flavor.
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Roast your radishes at 450 °F (232 °C) for about 18 minutes. Once your oven is preheated, simply slide the baking sheet onto the middle rack of your oven. Flip the radishes halfway through to roast them more evenly. They are done when they’re a golden brown color.
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Mix the radishes with other roasted vegetables if you want some variety. Roasted carrots and roasted brussels sprouts, for instance, go well with roasted radishes. There’s nothing wrong, though, with just eating the radishes on their own!^{[10]
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Serve the radishes alone or as a side dish. Roasted radishes make a great side dish for classic meals like pork loin or lamb. It can also make a great compliment to vegetarian dishes like tofu and tempeh. Radishes can serve as an excellent side dish for really any meal.