Kinpira Gobo - Kinpira Style Sautéed Burdock

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Side Dish

Cuisines: Japanese

Ingredients: Vegetables

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 25 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2 burdock roots (about 250 gram)
• 2 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted
• Sauce
• 3 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoon sake
• 1 teaspoon sugar

Instructions

1. Prepare a big bowl of cold water. Remove the outer brown layer of each burdock with a vegetable peeler. Then, shave the burdock with a knife (exactly like how you would sharpen a pencil with a knife) and let the fresh shavings drop into the bowl of cold water to prevent the burdock shavings from turning into brown color.
2. Heat 2 tablespoon of sesame oil in a frying pan on high heat, drain and sauté the burdock shavings.
3. Add the sauce ingredients and cook until almost all liquid has evaporated.
4. Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.