Learn how to make ginger juice using fresh ginger with or without a juicer. This blender ginger juice is a strong anti-inflammatory and supports the gut, calms nausea and boosts immunity, and is perfect to add to cocktails, drinks, smoothies, and to make wellness shots.
Homemade ginger juice is easy to make with water in a blender or a juicer using the perfect ratios I have created in my recipe. The resulting juice carries a refreshing bite and carries a load of nutrition that boosts immunity, helps cold and flu, calms upset tummies, helps with headache and migraine symptoms, and even helps control weight.
Ginger juice is the main component of many healthy wellness shots, including my own viral Ginger Shots. But it can also be added to more complex juice recipes such as my beetroot juice, cucumber lemon juice , apple cider vinegar drink, and even strawberry smoothie recipes to boost health benefits and add spicy kick.
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Why You'll Love Ginger Juice
Inexpensive. I personally am tired of the rising price of homemade juices. Homemade ginger juice or those lauded as a wellness drink including ginger can cost as much as $10 a serving. You can make several gallons of fresh ginger juice for a few dollars.
Bright flavor. Ginger juice is tangy to taste-buds, and actually warms your tongue thanks to active compounds in ginger called gingerols that trigger heat-sensing nerve cells in your mouth and hands.
Health benefits of Ginger juice. Ginger juice has been regarded as a medicinal option as far back as 456 BC Confucius time. Today, ginger is still lauded for medicinal properties that include anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, as well as a relief from vertigo and nausea.
Ingredients
Ginger. You will extract ginger root to create the juice. Use fresh ginger root from the produce area. Break it apart so there are no hidden elbows where dirt collected. Scrub with a brush or cloth as you would a potato. Use a knife to cut off dark areas.
Water. If you can, use filtered water. If you want to increase the electrolytes for nausea, you can use coconut water instead.
See the recipe card at the bottom for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Tip: When making several bottles of juice that I intend to keep refrigerated, I boil the root for 10 minutes, then strain before blending.
Equipment Needed
- Blender. I use either a blendtec or vitamix but I have also used a nutribullet.
- Strainer. A fine mesh strainer is best, but a cheesecloth juice strainer is also fine.
- Knife. A small chopping knife to prepare fresh ginger root.
How to Make Ginger Juice
For more detail, visit the complete recipe at the bottom of this post, but here are general steps.
Preparations: Buy fresh ginger root. It's a tan gnarly root found in the root/potato/onion area of your grocery store's produce section. Snap it apart. Wash your root with water. If you have a brush, use it to get off any muddy spots. I also trim away dirty areas.
Step 1: There is no need to peel the root since you will be blending and filtering. But if you want to, you can use a small spoon to scrap off some of the skin. You can also boil it for 10 minutes if you want to refrigerate your juice for a week or more.
Step 2: Chop up the root into pieces to help your blender (or juicer) and process. You can also use grated ginger if you prefer.
Step 3: Chop up the root into pieces to help your blender (or juicer).
Step 4: Process the blender for long enough to break down the ginger, about 1 minute.
Step 4: Pour the blended mixture through a fine strainer and push to dry the pulp with a rubber spatula. The resulting liquid is your Ginger Juice.
Ginger Juice with a Juicer
Step 1: Prepare the ginger as described above.
Step 2: Add the ginger root to the juicer and operate based on your juicer's instructions. You do not need to add water.
Food Waste Tip: Look in my recipe notes on how to turn the pulp into ginger powder.
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Different Flavors for Ginger Juice
- Pineapple juice. Add pineapple juice and lemon juice to create a pineapple juice with a zingy flavor.
- Lemon. Add a few tablespoons of lemon juice as well, to make a plainer version of my lemon ginger shot recipe.
- Green juice. Add spinach, carrots and celery and blend into a green juice.
- Orange juice. Add a touch of ginger juice to my homemade orange juice recipe for a brighter flavor.
- Sweeten. Sweeten your ginger juice with coconut sugar or maple syrup or even add a date or two before blending.
Make Ahead & Storage of Ginger Juice
Ginger juice is easy to make ahead. Blend up multiple batches, and store ginger juice in the refrigerator for up to two weeks in a bottle or jar, longer if you have boiled the ginger root for 10 minutes before blending.
Freezer storage. You can pour it into ice cube trays and save it in the freezer for up to a year. This will provide you with individual cubes to use to make immunity shots, or to add to smoothies, juices, soups, sauces and stir-fries.
Serving Suggestions
Homemade ginger juice has a wealth of uses in various recipes. Here are my favorites:
Drink it raw and cold to alleviate a stomach ache, nausea, morning sickness, hyperemesis gravidarum. Dilute it with water to some degree or the ginger shot will be spicy.
Make Ginger Beer. Add ginger juice to sparkling water.
Make Ginger Tea. Add ginger juice to hot water or pour over ice to make tea. You can adjust the water ratio to taste, and add lemon or even maple syrup as a sweetener. I also have a ginger tea recipe using powder here.
Recipe Tips & Tricks
Tone down the spicy flavor of ginger juice. Boiling the root for 30 minutes before blending will reduce the spicy kick but will also reduce the flavor. Or you could blend the root with another vegetable or fruit such as beets, carrots, or apples. Finally you could dilute it more, and sweetened with honey, maple syrup or agave.
Make single servings of ginger juice. Here is a trick to make a single glass of ginger juice to perhaps alleviate a sudden stomach ache or nausea. Push small amounts of prepared and clean ginger through a garlic press and add it to a glass or jar of water, and shake.
FAQS
In general, experts suggest not consuming more than 4 grams of ginger a day, that's about 16 ounces of this juice.
I suggest you use a blender, or a juicer if you have it. Grating it is only an option if you plan to create a single shot or small glass of juice.
Refrigerated ginger juice lasts about two weeks in a sealed jar. To save it longer, freeze it in ice cube trays.
Nope, but I do suggest you buy organic since we won't be cooking this root. Also, I would suggest you wash very well, as you would potatoes since ginger is a root grown in dirt.
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How to Make Ginger Juice
Equipment
Ingredients
With a blender
- 2 cups fresh ginger root or half a pound
- 1 cup water
Equipment
With a juicer
- 4 cups fresh ginger root 1 pound
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Instructions
- Clean the ginger root by scraping with a paring knife or even the back of a spoon. No need to peel, just remove bad areas. Wash with water. Boil for 10 minutes if you want to eliminate all possible germs so you can store up to 2 weeks.2 cups fresh ginger root
With a blender
- Add to a blender, along with the water.1 cup water, 2 cups fresh ginger root
- Process for 1-2 minutes until you have a pulpy mixture.
- Strain the mixture, and the captured liquid is your ginger juice.
With a juicer
- Add to a juicer. Don't add water. Process according to instructions of your juicer.
Food Waste Trick
- Either way, do not discard the pulp.*
Jude says
I made this twice, and didn't peel ginger and added a pinch of powdered turmeric. Perfect!
JesseA says
This is an informative blog. I am a big believer in natural remedies, and Ginger is one of my fav herbs for this. Thanks for explaining the detailed benefits of Ginger, as it will help me a lot. I mostly follow iahas.com for some great ayurvedic remedies, adding yours to the list.
Dee Dine says
My pleasure! Thank you!