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Gobo no Kinpira

Gobo no Kinpira

Introducing how to make Gobo no Kinpira, a representative side dish of Japanese home cooking. It is completed by stir-frying crunchy burdock root and seasoning it with soy sauce and sugar.

JapaneseSide Dish
⏱️ 30 min total📝 5 steps

What You'll Need

Burdock rootappropriate amount
Higashimaru Usukuchi soy sauceappropriate amount
Dark soy sauceappropriate amount
Mirinappropriate amount
Sugarappropriate amount
Sesame oilappropriate amount
Dried chili pepperappropriate amount

Instructions

1

Soak the burdock root in water, drain it, and let it sit for about 30 minutes.

⏱️ 30m 0s
2

Add sesame oil to a deep pot and stir-fry over high heat.

3

Add the mirin and sugar in order, and stir-fry while tasting to adjust the seasoning.

4

Turn off the heat, place the finished kinpira in a bowl, and let it cool.

5

Store the excess soy sauce liquid so it can be used for other dishes.