Glaze on Brussels sprouts full of umami

Extra glaze could be used on other veggies or as dipping sauce.

920 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs. 404-705-8444, southernbistroatl.com..

Southern Bistro’s Brussels sprouts appetizer is outstanding, the best I have ever had. I would love to have the recipe. Thanks. — Rick Woodward, Brookhaven

Brussels sprouts are definitely a reader favorite. We must get a half-dozen requests a year for recipes for these little cabbage family vegetables, whether served as an appetizer or a side. Southern Bistro offers simple sauteed Brussels sprouts as a side dish, tossed with some fresh garlic and seasoned with salt and pepper.

But the appetizer version of sprouts is an entirely different beast.

It comes with a glaze that combines quite a few ingredients to make a sauce that’s full of umami.

We can see using any extra glaze on other vegetables, as a dipping sauce for egg rolls or brushed on at the end of grilling a chicken breast or tuna steak. The restaurant also suggests using it as a salad dressing or cutting it with water and using it as a marinade for chicken or pork.

The restaurant deep-fries the Brussels sprouts for this recipe, but also suggested this roasted option.

These sprouts are a seasonal offering at Southern Bistro. Taking the place of the sprouts for spring and summer are their popular okra fries. So make these at home until next fall, when you’ll find them back on the restaurant’s menu.

Is there a recipe from a metro Atlanta restaurant you’d like to make at home? Tell us and we’ll try to get it. We’ll also test it and adapt it for the home kitchen. Because of volume, we can’t answer all inquiries. Send your request, your address and phone number to fromthemenu@gmail. com and put “From the menu of ” and the name of the restaurant in the subject line.