Easiest Way to Vegan Eating on a Dime My Grandma's Kimpira Stir-fry

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My Grandma's Kimpira Stir-fry. My Grandma's Kimpira Stir-fry It's a standard recipe and frankly, it's not worth uploading the recipe. But this is a recipe passed down from grandmother, mother, to daughter. The trick is to add only sugar first and stir-fry well.

A simple and classic Japanese dish usually made in autumn when gobo root is in season.

The red chili gives it a nice kick!

Goes great with over white or brown rice.

You can cook My Grandma's Kimpira Stir-fry using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of My Grandma's Kimpira Stir-fry

1. It’s of to taste.

2. You need 1 pinch of Ichimi red chili pepper powder.

3. It’s 1 pinch of Sesame seeds.

4. It’s 1 1/2 of stalks Burdock root.

5. It’s 1 of Carrot.

6. Prepare 2 tbsp of Sugar (or beet sugar).

7. Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp of Soy sauce.

8. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of Mirin.

9. It’s 1 of Sesame oil, Vegetable oil (as needed).

Crisp yet tender with bursts of sweet and savory flavors, Kinpira Renkon, or Japanese Lotus Root Stir Fry, is a classic home-cooked side dish.

One of the reasons I love about Japanese home-cooked meals is that root vegetables are used in a whole range of dishes.

From gobo (burdock root), renkon (lotus root), satoimo (taro root), daikon radish. 'Kimpira' is a Japanese dish of vegetables that is stir-fried and seasoned with Mirin (Sugar) & Soy Sauce.

Commonly root vegetables are used but Mushrooms and Konnyaku (Konjac) are popular ingredients, too.

My Grandma's Kimpira Stir-fry instructions

1. Julienne the burdock roots and carrots..

2. Heat sesame or vegetable oil in a frying pan, and stir-fry the burdock and carrot. Coat the vegetables well in the oil..

3. Next, season with sugar and continue stir-frying. Its necessary to sweeten the stir-fry. Continue until the vegetables have heated through..

4. Afterward, season with soy sauce and mirin, and stir-fry until the liquid has evaporated. Done..

5. Try it with lotus roots..

Enjoy this stir-fry with freshly cooked rice. my grandmas beensprouts and toufu stir fry.

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.

It's really easy to cook if you have all the ingredients (and these are very common ingredients for Japanese households).

The most tedious part is that you have to julienne both gobo (burdock root) and carrot, and if you are not.

This Chicken and Mushroom Fried Rice is my grandma's old recipe.