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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 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 118 kcal
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
Japanese
Ingredients
- 2 burdock
- 1 tbs vege oil
- 2 tbs sake
- 1 tbs mirin
- 2 tbs sugar
- 1 tbs soy sauce
- 1 chili Takanotsume
Instructions
- Wash gobo with tawashi
- Cut gobo diagonally and then cut into match stick shapes.
- 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.
- Heat oil in a frying pan till smoke comes up slightly.
- Toss the well-drained burdock into the frying pan.
- Sautee the burdock for a few minutes and add sake to steam fry the burdock.
- Add the mirin, sugar, and soy sauce.
- Add the chili flakes and stir all together.
- Cook till sauce has reduced and thickened.
- Serve in a large bowl or serve in a small bowl individually.
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Notes
- Just wash off soil. Peeling is unnecessary as it remove Gobo flavour as well.
- I like sweet Kinpira so I add plenty of sugar but if you like savoury flavour, reduce the amount of sugar. Sugar can be replaced with rice malt syrup, maple syrup and honey.
- If you like more spiciness, add more chilli or sprinkle like shichimi or ichimi togarashi. Ichimi is Japanese chilli powder, and shichimi is seven spice mixed chilli powder.
- Any meat can be add such as thinly sliced beef, pork and chicken etc.
Nutrition Information
Calories
118kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
19g
(6%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
3g
(5%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
0mg
(0%)
Sodium
288mg
(12%)
Potassium
227mg
(6%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
105IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
17.9mg
(20%)
Calcium
24mg
(2%)
Iron
0.7mg
(4%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 118
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 118kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 19g | 6% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 3g | 5% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 288mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 227mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 105IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 17.9mg | 20% |
| Calcium | 24mg | 2% |
| Iron | 0.7mg | 4% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.