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Japanese Leek Kinpira Recipe

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ John Manning

Japanese Leek Kinpira
Japanese Leek Kinpira

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, japanese leek kinpira. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Japanese Leek Kinpira is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Japanese Leek Kinpira is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have japanese leek kinpira using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Japanese Leek Kinpira:
  1. Make ready 2 Japanese leek
  2. Make ready 1 Aburaage (thick type)
  3. Get 150 grams Lotus root
  4. Prepare 1/3 Carrot
  5. Make ready 100 ml Dashi stock
  6. Make ready 1 tsp Sugar
  7. Take 1 heaping tablespoon Usukuchi soy sauce
  8. Take 1 tbsp Mirin
  9. Make ready 1 tsp to stir-fry, 1/2 teaspoon to sprinkle Sesame oil
  10. Prepare 1 Red chili pepper (optional)
Steps to make Japanese Leek Kinpira:
  1. Peel the lotus root and slice into 2mm half moons. Cut into quarters if it is large. Soak in a bowl of water with a little vinegar (not listed) for 10 minutes. Rinse well and drain in a sieve.
  2. Slice the Japanese leek diagonally. Cut the carrot into thin strips. Cut the aburaage in half lengthwise, and slice into 2-3mm pieces.
  3. Heat sesame oil in a pan, and stir-fry the Japanese leek, carrot and aburaage over high heat for 1 minute. Once the Japanese leek is tender, add the lotus root and fry a bit more.
  4. Add dashi stock, sugar, usukuchi light soy sauce, and mirin to the pan. Stir-fry and simmer over high heat. Turn off the heat when the cooking sauce is almost completely cooked off. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of sesame oil and stir. Then it's done.
  5. This dish tastes even better if you let it cool down to absorb the flavor. Cook in the evening and it will be a great lunch box filler the next day.
  6. If you like it spicy, add deseeded and thinly sliced chili peppers in Step 3.
  7. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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