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Burdock Root Nimono
🇯🇵 Japanese

Burdock Root Nimono

🇯🇵 Japanese

Low-and-slow braised burdock root in a deeply savoured sauce — fork-tender and rich with aromatics. Ready in 60 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 45 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Garlic2, halved and sliced
  • Ginger4 cloves, crushed
  • Bay Leaf2
  • Soy Sauce3 tbsp
  • White Pepper1 tsp
  • Stock or Broth500 ml
  • Neutral Oil2 tbsp
  • Mirin3 tbsp
  • Burdock Root2
  • Kombu Dashi600 ml

Optional extras

  • Shiso Leaveshandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Brown the burdock root deeply in the Neutral Oil in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.

  2. 2

    Remove it, then let the garlic and ginger soften in the drippings with the white pepper.

  3. 3

    Return the burdock root, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.

  4. 4

    Cover and braise low and slow until the burdock root yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.

  5. 5

    Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: SIMMERED GOBO RECIPE (BURDOCK ROOT) | HEALTHY RECIPE | JAPANESE RECIPE | ごぼう| Maiki Chen · on YouTube