Horikawa Burdock Root

Name: Horikawa Burdock Root
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 2 tsp. mirin; 3 pieces Horikawa burdock root, each ⅔ oz. (20 g); Scant 1 cup (200 ml) dashi; 1 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. usukuchi soy sauce; Cloudy, white water leftover from washing rice

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Umami

By Thomas Keller , Harold McGee , Michael Anthony , Heston Blumenthal , Alexandre Bourdas , David Kinch , Virgilio Martinez , Nobu Matsuhisa , Yoshihiro Murata and Pedro Miguel Schiaffino

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

3 pieces Horikawa burdock root, each ⅔ oz. (20 g)
Cloudy, white water

Asia
Japan
Stock
Vegan

Method

Blanch the burdock root pieces in rice-washing water until tender. Rinse in cold water and blanch again in fresh boiling water. Drain well, combine with the dashi, usukuchi soy sauce, and mirin and simmer over low heat for several minutes.