Beets with a slight spice of ginger and a touch of honey. Delicious as a vegetable side dish for any meal.
These gingered beets are a fun and tasty way to get more veggies into your diet.
Why make this recipe
Gingered Beets are a perfect vegetable side dish. These beets can be made ahead of time and then reheated when ready to serve.
Every bite is filled with delicious taste and good for you ingredients. Beets are low in calories, high in fiber, folate, vitamin C and high in potassium.
Key ingredients
This recipe uses just three simple ingredients!
- Fresh beets - red or yellow beets work fine in this recipe
- Fresh ginger - only fresh ginger will work here
- Honey - adds a touch of sweetness
Step by step directions
- Remove stalks and root from beet. Then use a vegetable peeler and peel off skin.
- Chop beets into evenly sized pieces - any size will work
- Place in a pot and cover with water. Add slices of ginger and boil until tender
- Add honey, reduce heat to low and continue simmering for 10 minutes
- Discard liquid and ginger and serve beets
Recipe tips
- Beets are messy! That amazing red color gets all over everything! My advice to prevent staining is to wash everything as soon as possible. Try not to touch anything while you're handling the beets.
- Don't peel the ginger before using. Just slice into chunks and add to the pot along with the beets and water. The ginger will help add a bit of spice to the beets.
- I discard the ginger when done cooking, but you could eat it if you wanted!
Recipes FAQs
Test beets by piercing with a sharp knife. If soft, the beets are done.
Beet greens can be eaten and you can use them in any place you'd use spinach or swiss chard. Try adding them to a soup, salad or fruit and veggie smoothie or a green smoothie.
Yes, you can make these beets ahead of time. Cook the beets with the ginger until soft. Allow beets to cool and then place in a covered container and refrigerate.
Before serving, return to saucepan along with honey. Reheat until heated through and most of the liquid has evaporated.
Serving suggestions
Gingered Beets are perfect served with Barbecue Chicken, Fried Walleye or Grilled Flank Steak.
If you make this recipe, I’d love to hear about it! Leave a comment below and snap a picture and tag me on Instagram @beyondthechickencoop
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Gingered Beets
Ingredients
- 3 beets (peeled and chopped)
- 3 slices ginger (sliced into thick chunks about ¼" thick)
- 2 tablespoons honey
Instructions
- Place beets and ginger into a sauce pot. Cover beets with water. Bring to a boil and simmer until beets are soft.
- Reduce heat to a simmer and add honey. Continue cooking for 10-15 minutes more until the water has reduced leaving just a small amount of liquid.
- Remove beets from pan. Discard remaining liquid and ginger slices.
- Drizzle with an additional teaspoon of honey before serving and sprinkle with fresh parsley. (optional)
Notes
- This recipe can easily be increased by adding additional beets
- Beets are messy! That amazing red color gets all over everything! My advice to prevent staining is to wash everything as soon as possible. Try not to touch anything while you're handling the beets.
- Don't peel the ginger before using. Just slice into chunks and add to the pot along with the beets and water.
- The ginger will help add a bit of spice to the beets.
- I discard the ginger when done cooking, but you could eat it if you wanted!
- Cook the beets with the ginger until soft. Allow beets to cool and then place in a covered container and refrigerate.
- Before serving, return to saucepan along with honey. Reheat until heated through and most of the liquid has evaporated.
Valentina says
HI! I've just discovered your site. I LOVE beets and have never thought to pair them with ginger, which I also love. Sounds fabulous. I've been trying to get my husband to like beets forever. Maybe this will do the trick. 🙂
Kathy says
People either love beets or hate 'em! These might just be the ticket to making him love them!