Recipe: Appetizing Burdock Root Salad!!

Recipe: Appetizing Burdock Root Salad!! Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Burdock Root Salad!!. Crunchy burdock root and sweet carrot coated with creamy Japanese mayonnaise dressing, this Gobo Salad (Japanese Burdock Salad) is a popular side dish in Japan. Think of it like a coleslaw, this salad goes well with any Japanese dish and bento. Sesame Burdock Root Salad is made with braised Japanese gobo root and carrot with light and creamy sesame mayo dressing.

I love burdock root (gobo) salad.

I've been making this for ages since it's a firm family favorite.

It's great to pack in lunchboxes too!

You can have Burdock Root Salad!! using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Burdock Root Salad!!

1. You need 1 of Burdock root.

2. Prepare 1 small of Carrot.

3. You need 3 tbsp of White sesame seeds (or ground sesame seeds).

4. You need 3 tbsp of ☆Sake.

5. You need 2 tbsp of ☆Soy sauce.

6. Prepare 1 tbsp of ☆Mirin.

7. It’s 3 tbsp of Mayonnaise.

8. Prepare 2 tbsp of Sesame oil.

Also be sure to dry the vegetables well in the prior step, or the salad will be watery..

Gobo (burdock, in English) is a root vegetable with a sweet, mild flavour that can be substituted for or used alongside carrots and turnips.

This salad involves combining lightly boiled burdock and carrot slices with a savoury sauce of soy sauce, mayonnaise, and sesame oil.

Serve the salad warm with steamed rice or let it cool to room temperature and serve with mixed.

Burdock Root Salad!! instructions

1. Coarsely grind the sesame seeds or use packaged ground sesame seeds..

2. Wash the burdock root well with a sponge, but dont scrape or peel it. Even if it looks dark, it's fine. Don't discard the nutrients!!.

3. Cut the burdock root into 5 cm strips. Dont cut it too finely, as burdock root should be a bit crunchy. Match-sized pieces are just right. Put the cut pieces in a bowl. Avoid the temptation of soaking them in water!!.

4. Cut the carrot into pieces the same size as the burdock root. When cutting them into matchsticks, its faster if you cut the burdock root and carrot into thin slices diagonally first, then line them up and chop..

5. Heat sesame oil in a pan, add the burdock root, and when its pretty well coated with oil, add the carrots. When all the vegetables are coated with oil, add the ☆ seasonings and simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated. It's now your standard kimpira stir-fry..

6. Transfer to a bowl while its still hot, and mix in the mayonnaise. The mayo melds better while it's hot. Add the ground sesame seeds and it's done!!.

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Kinpira means a cooking style that you stir fry and simmer with sugar and soy sauce.

The most common ingredients used for Kinpira is gobo (burdock root) and carrot, but lotus root is another common ingredient for this cooking style.

The name Kinpira comes from legendary muscleman, and that shows how nutritious the dish really is.

Kinpira Gobo is a traditional Japanese dish often enjoyed at home and you might be familiar with it since it's typically served in bento box from Japanese markets.