Kinpira Gobo きんぴら牛蒡
Kinpira Gobo is a staple Japanese home cooking side dish. It is sauteed burdock root flavoured with mirin, sake, and soy sauce.
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 burdock
- 1 tbs vege oil
- 2 tbs Sake
- 1 tbs mirin
- 2 tbs sugar
- 1 tbs soy sauce
- 1 chili (Takanotsume)
Instructions
- 1
Wash gobo with tawashi
- 2
Cut gobo diagonally and then cut into match stick shapes.
- 3
Put them in a bowl of water with 1tsp of vinegar to take the bitter taste off. But no longer than 5 minutes in order to avoid losing the Gobo flavour.
- 4
Heat oil in a frying pan till smoke comes up slightly.
- 5
Toss the well-drained burdock into the frying pan.
- 6
Sautee the burdock for a few minutes and add sake to steam fry the burdock.
- 7
Add the mirin, sugar, and soy sauce.
- 8
Add the chili flakes and stir all together.
- 9
Cook till sauce has reduced and thickened.
- 10
Serve in a large bowl or serve in a small bowl individually.