Recipe: At Home Natto, Avocado, Okra, and Tofu Salad

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Natto, Avocado, Okra, and Tofu Salad. Great recipe for Natto, Avocado, Okra, and Tofu Salad. I wanted to eat something tasty and nutritious. A soy sauce-based dressing goes well with this!

The amount of sesame seeds depends on your taste, but I recommend a lot.

A soy sauce-based dressing goes well with this!

The amount of sesame seeds depends on your taste, but I recommend a lot.

You can have Natto, Avocado, Okra, and Tofu Salad using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Natto, Avocado, Okra, and Tofu Salad

  1. It’s of Red leaf lettuce.

  2. It’s of Avocado.

  3. You need of Natto (fermented soy beans), small container.

  4. You need of Tofu.

  5. It’s of Okra.

  6. Prepare of Bonito flakes.

  7. It’s of ● Soy sauce.

  8. It’s of ● Sesame oil.

  9. Prepare of ● Vinegar.

  10. It’s of ● Honey.

  11. Prepare of ● Mirin.

  12. You need of ● Ground sesame seeds.

This 'Okra & Nattō' is very popular in Japan.

The slimy Okra mixed with slimy Nattō makes it more slimy and it can be eaten as it is, but it's a great topping for Rice, Noodle and Tofu as shown below.

My mother used raw Okra, but I like Okra slightly cooked.

Once the water is boiling, reduce the heat to medium or medium high.

Natto, Avocado, Okra, and Tofu Salad step by step

  1. Parboil the okra, then cut into bite-sized rounds (I slice them into 1.5 cm rounds.) Chop the avocado and tofu into desired sizes..

  2. Add the accompanying sauce packets with the natto and mix well..

  3. Combine the red leaf lettuce, avocado, tofu, and okra, then top with the natto. Sprinkle bonito flakes, then pour the dressing made from the blended ● ingredients..

Natto with Avocado, Cucumber, Scallions, and Bonito Flakes.

This is our favorite way to eat natto when we have it for lunch or dinner.

It's filling and oh so tasty!

You can find the recipe at the bottom of this post but basically it's super easy - warm Japanese rice with diced cucumber, avocado and scallions.

This dish is pretty much the definition of ネバネバ (neba neba)—the experience of eating something slippery and sticky.