Name: Carrot in Sweet Vinegar (San Bai Zu)
Yield: Serves four
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 large carrots, peeled; 45 ml/3 tbsp mirin; 30 ml/2 tbsp shoyu (use the pale awakuchi soy sauce if available); 75 ml/5 tbsp rice vinegar; 5 ml/1 tsp salt; 30 ml/2 tbsp sesame seeds

Preparation info

Serves
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Japanese Cookbook

By Emi Kazuko and Yasuko Fukuoka

Published 2024

About

In this refreshing side dish, called San Bai Zu, fine carrot strips are marinated in rice vinegar, shoyu and mirin. It makes a good accompaniment for oily foods such as teriyaki.

Ingredients

2 large carrots, peeled
5 ml/1 tsp salt
30

Method

Cut the carrots into thin matchsticks, 5cm/2in long. Put the carrots and salt into a mixing bowl, and mix well with your hands. After 25 minutes, rinse the wilted carrot in cold water, then drain.
In another bowl, mix together the marinade in