Kinpira Gobou

Kinpira is a Japanese cooking style in which strips of ingredients are stir fried and seasoned with sugar and soy sauce. Kinpira gobou is the most popular kinpira dish. I made potato kinpira before. This is popular item for Japanese bento (lunch boxes).

Yield: 2 servings

Time: 20 minutes

Spices

• 1 tbsp sake
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp mirin
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil

Ingredients

• 2 oz sliced carrots
• 4 oz sliced gobou
• 2 tsp sesame seeds

Preparation

1. Mix spices together in a small bowl (sake, soy sauce, sugar, and mirin)
2. Heat the sesame oil in a frying pan then stir-fry gobou and carrot for 2 minutes over medium heat
3. Add mixed spices in the pan, and cook for 2 minutes on low heat
4. Sprinkle sesame on top and serve!