Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, japanese spinach salad with sesame dressing (horenso gomaae). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Blanched spinach dressed in a savory nutty sesame sauce, this Japanese Spinach Salad with Sesame Dressing (Spinach Gomaae) is a healthy veggie side dish that goes well with everything. Spinach or green beans are often dressed in sesame sauce in Japanese cuisine. Japanese spinach salad with sesame dressing or horenso gomaae is a quick and easy Japanese side dish.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook japanese spinach salad with sesame dressing (horenso gomaae) using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Japanese Spinach Salad with Sesame Dressing (Horenso Gomaae):
- Prepare 1 bag spinach
- Make ready 1 pinch salt
- Get Sesame sauce
- Make ready 3 tbsp roasted sesame seeds
- Take 1 tbsp soys auce
- Make ready 1 tsp brown sugar
- Get 1/2 tsp sake (optional)
- Take 1/2 tsp mirin
Sesame seeds have a nutty, slightly sweet taste and contribute a wonderful flavor to this simple salad dressing, calling for ingredients you probably already have in. Japanese spinach salad (Horenso Gomaae) is a delicious and refreshing side dish prepared with blanched spinach dressed in savory nutty sesame dressing. Heat sesame seeds in a small skillet over medium-high heat, stirring or shaking pan constantly, until seeds are light brown and first popping sound Combine spinach and dressing in a medium bowl and toss lightly until thoroughly mixed. This is a spinach salad with a flavorful sesame sauce (hourensou no goma-ae) that is very similar to our Green Beans with Sesame Sauce, and is a great little side dish.
Instructions to make Japanese Spinach Salad with Sesame Dressing (Horenso Gomaae):
- Toast your sesame seed for a few minutes in the pan. Then take them of leave them to cook down.
- Grind half of the toasted sesame seeds with a mortar and pestle. Leave some sesame seeds unground for some texture and garnish.
- Add soysauce, mirin, sugar sake and grounded sesame together. Leave it aside.
- Put lightly salted water in a large pot and bring to boil. Once boiling, add the spinach in and cook for 30-45 seconds. Remove the spinach from the water and soak in iced water to stop cooking then squeeze water out.
- Add the sesame sauce and toss all together. Serve at room temperature or chilled. This is perfect as a side dish and goes well with rice and omelette roll or Tamagoyaki.
It is super quick to make, but very nutritious and tasty. It's best to make your own ground sesame using Suribachi (mortar) and Surikogi. Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times. Toast the sesame seeds in a small pan over low heat. Make sure you continually move the pan so the seeds don't burn.
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