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Rachel Been, AOL

Lemon grass is a bright and flavorful aromatic ingredient in Southeast Asian cooking, but many of us never buy it at the market because we have no idea how to use it. It lends an amazing flavor to soups, broths, marinades and vinaigrettes, but if you just stick a whole stalk of lemon grass into your dish, you won't extract much flavor because most of the aromatics are from the inside of the stalk (not to mention, the stalk is a little long and cumbersome to fit in your saucepan).

But Saveur Editor-in-Chief James Oseland demonstrates a great trick that takes care of this problem -- his simple technique lets you easily tie a lemon grass stalk into a tidy knot. Watch the video above!

Use James' technique to make:
Ginger Lemongrass Soda
Chicken and Lemongrass Dumplings