Kinpira Gobō
also called きんぴらごぼう · kinpira gobō · kinpira gobo · キンピラごぼう · 金平牛蒡 · burdock and carrot · braised burdock · sesame burdock
- Japanese Home Cooking
- serves 4
- recipe says 20 min
- Vegetables & Sides
Three ways to read this recipe
The table
| The knife work is the recipe: matchsticks of the same thickness cook at the same speed. | ||||
| 7 oz(200 g; scraped with the back of a knife, never peeled, cut into matchsticks)burdock root | soak 5 min, drain | fry hard 3 min | cook dry 4 min | toss through off the heat |
| 4 cups(950 mL; changed once)cold water | ||||
| 1(cut into matchsticks the same size)carrot | ||||
| 1(seeded, in rings)dried red chile | ||||
| 1 Tbs(15 mL)toasted sesame oil | ||||
| 1 1/2 Tbs(22 mL)soy sauce | ||||
| 1 1/2 Tbs(22 mL)mirin | ||||
| 1 Tbs(15 mL)sake | ||||
| 2 tspsugar | ||||
| 1 Tbs(crushed between your palms as they go in)toasted sesame seeds | ||||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.12 things to get out.
Pans and tools
Before anything else
2soak 5 min, drain
3fry hard 3 min
goes in with what step 2 made
4cook dry 4 min
goes in with what step 3 made
5toss through off the heat
goes in with what step 4 made
Cooking it
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 12 min1 of 4 steps gives no time
- Needs you
- about 7 min
- If you get it wrong
- Forgiving — stopping while there is still liquid in the pan shortens it, because wet kinpira sours by day two
soak 5 min, drain
5 minwalk awayfrom the start
fry hard 3 min
3 minneeds you5 min in
cook dry 4 min
4 minneeds you(we think)8 min in
toss through off the heat
not timed12 min in
- needs you
- you can walk away
- never timed
- we think
You'll need frying pan
Goes with
See how it is written
>> title: Kinpira Gobō
>> category: Vegetables & Sides
>> tags: japanese, burdock, carrot, sesame, make ahead, side, vegetarian
>> counters: Japanese Home Cooking
>> aka: きんぴらごぼう, kinpira gobō, kinpira gobo, キンピラごぼう, 金平牛蒡, burdock and carrot, braised burdock, sesame burdock
>> pairs-with: gohan, saba-shioyaki
>> servings: 4
>> time: 20 min
>> slack: forgiving — stopping while there is still liquid in the pan shortens it, because wet kinpira sours by day two
>> step: The knife work is the recipe: matchsticks of the same thickness cook at the same speed.
Four ingredients and three operations, and that is the correct size for it — not a simplified version of something bigger.
>> step: soak 5 min, drain
Soak @burdock root{7%oz}(200 g; scraped with the back of a knife, never peeled, cut into matchsticks) in @cold water{4%cups}(950 mL; changed once) ~soak{5%min}, until the water browns.
>> step: fry hard 3 min
Fry @&(~1)drained gobo{} with @carrot{1}(cut into matchsticks the same size) and @dried red chile{1}(seeded, in rings) in @toasted sesame oil{1%Tbs}(15 mL) in a #frying pan{} over a high flame ~fry{3%min}, until the gobo turns from white to faintly translucent.
>> step: cook dry 4 min
Pour @soy sauce{1 1/2%Tbs}(22 mL), @mirin{1 1/2%Tbs}(22 mL), @sake{1%Tbs}(15 mL) and @sugar{2%tsp} over @&(~1)vegetables{} and ~cook{4%min}, tossing, until the pan is dry and every stick is lacquered.
>> step: toss through off the heat
Toss @toasted sesame seeds{1%Tbs}(crushed between your palms as they go in) through @&(~1)kinpira{} off the heat.