Kinpira Gobō

🥘 Ingredients

• burdock root 7 oz
• cold water 4 cups
• carrot 1
• dried red chile 1
• toasted sesame oil 1 Tbs
• soy sauce 1 ½ Tbs
• mirin 1 ½ Tbs
• sake 1 Tbs
• sugar 2 tsp
• toasted sesame seeds 1 Tbs

1. 1

   Four ingredients and three operations, and that is the correct size for it — not a simplified version of something bigger.
2. 2

   Soak burdock root in cold water 5 min , until the water browns.
3. 3

   Fry @&( timer with carrot and dried red chile in toasted sesame oil in a frying pan over a high flame 3 min , until the gobo turns from white to faintly translucent.
4. 4

   Pour soy sauce , mirin , sake and sugar over @&( timer and 4 min , tossing, until the pan is dry and every stick is lacquered.
5. 5

   Toss toasted sesame seeds through @&( timer off the heat.