When white daikon radish went on sale for only 9 cents per pound, I did what I had to do – I bought pounds and pounds and pounds of it, found different ways to cook it, and ate nothing but daikon radish for two weeks. It was awesome! 🙂 So here is a list of dishes that you can make using white daikon radish. Let me know if you can think of more items!
- braised beef dishes (see recipes here and here)
- Vietnamese beef noodle soup (pho tai) (see recipe here)
- steamed cake (lo bak go) (see recipe here)
- pickled condiment (see recipe here)
- soup (see recipe here)
- pan fried dish with beef
If you’ve never cooked daikon radish before, I should warn you that the cooking process releases an unpleasant odour. But once the radish is fully cooked, the smell goes away, and the radish has a mild flavour.
Cooking with Alison 
These are some great daikon recipes! I usually just grate it and eat it with grilled salmon but I’ve always wanted to try cooking it.
Thanks so much for your comment! Sometimes I eat freshly grated daikon radish with sushi. Serving it with grilled salmon is a great idea! Thanks again!
Haha, yes! I think cheap daikon radish calls for turnip cake! I find that shopping in Chinatown requires a really opportunistic approach. Tough sometimes to go with a list and find everything you need, but really fun if you go with an open mind and build your menu based on what’s freshest and least expensive…yauh peng, yauh leng. 🙂
haha ‘yauh peng, yauh leng’ literally made me laugh out loud 🙂 Thanks for writing!
You had me at 9 cents……..I just found your blog because I was looking for a baked Nian Gao recipe (which I just made – your recipe is a complete in this house! A total keeper!!!). Anyways, I love finding deals on things and then finding a million ways to cook it! I’m a little over ambitious sometimes but that’s the deal hunter in me 🙂
I’m the same! Always too ambitious, especially when there’s a deal! Thanks again for your comment! I really appreciate it.