I used to take grandma's salt shaker and hide in the garden and eat them with the dirt on them. I might do that.
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Slice them real fine, mandolin works great for this, then pan fry them with a bit of butter...bonus points if you have pancetta or bacon
My mum prepares them like this (when not eaten raw):
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Remove the woody skin of the bulb. You rather want to cut off too much than too little, because biting on one of those woody parts is really not nice.
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Cut into the shape of large french fries.
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Cook them in a small pot with just enough water to cover them, and a little bit of salt, some vegetable stock and optionally nutmeg thrown in as well. Lid on.
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Wait however long you want to wait. If you like a bit of bite, then shorter of course. But they're also gorgeous when they're tender.
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Thicken the remaining sauce. The kohlrabi gives off a really nice taste into the sauce, so you don't want to drain the cooking water.
Because we're German, this was then served as the side-dish to the most boring food imaginable (noodles and probably some meat).
I think it would go much better with rice. Well, and I'd go with soy chunks as the protein, but that's personal preference.
I also think caraway works really well with kohlrabi. And I could definitely see a spicy variant with some chili added into the sauce. Well, or a mustard sauce, of course:

I'd take one of them and preserve it for later with the power of kimchi.
Cut em up and eat em raw. I don't even need salt or anything else. Raw kohlrabi is just so damn tasty with a really lovely bite to it
A spicy slaw for fish tacos or shredded with potato and cheese and cooked like fritters.
Another vote for the raw eating. I think they are great as a chip/crisp/cracker of sorts, even plain, but you can pair them with a dipping sauce if you want. Use them in place of or in addition to tomatoes on something like a sandwich. Sliced longly (julienned?) in a salad or a rice bowl.
They do roast well, too, like cauliflower. You can do a quick acid soak like cucumber salad bit it has to sit longer.
Boiled with firm tofu and some stock to make a simple soup.
My Greek grandmother just loved them raw, sliced thin with salt and lemon juice.
only ever had them raw I think. It wouldn't even occur to me to cook with them, but now I kinda want to try that.
you can eat them raw like carrot sticks
Or cook with potatoes and carrots and mash it all one of my kids favorite food. I like it unmashed with sauce and something fried along yum!
Pickle one, roast the other!
How would you roast them?
I’d do quarter-ish inch thick rounds or quarters, rub them with some salt and oil, and add whatever herbs and spices you like. Hard to go wrong with garlic.
Last time I had kohlrabi, I cut it in small rectangles and used it in a mixed vegetable stir fry with Chinese sausage.


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