Spinach with Peanut Dressing

Name: Spinach with Peanut Dressing
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4 tsp raw sugar; 4 tsp sake; ½ tsp sea salt; 4 Tbsp chopped roasted peanuts; 1 tsp raw sugar; 200 g (7 oz) spinach; 4 Tbsp Japanese soy sauce

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Living Shojin Ryori

By Danny Chu

Published 2018

About

Instead of the more typically used sesame seeds, this recipe uses aromatic roasted peanuts. Other nuts such as walnuts and almonds, or a combination of different nuts, can also be used to make the dressing.

Ingredients

200 g (7 oz) spinach
½ tsp sea salt
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Asia
Japan
Main course
Spring
Vegan

Method

Using a surikogi (pestle), finely grind the peanuts in the suribachi (mortar). Add soy sauce, sake and sugar and mix well.

Rinse spinach and trim off the roots. Boil a pot of water and add salt and sugar. Blanch spinach for about 1 minute, then remove and rinse in cold water. Drain and squeeze gently to remove water. Cut lengthwise into equal portions.

Place boiled