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Spinach Sunomono
🇯🇵 Japanese Vegetarian

Spinach Sunomono

🇯🇵 Japanese

A bright, herb-packed japanese salad where spinach meets a punchy dressing — fresh, loud and addictive. Ready in 15 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 0 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Spinach300 g
  • Garlic1/2, thinly sliced
  • Olive Oil3 tbsp
  • Cucumber2, sliced
  • Rice Vinegar1, juiced
  • Shiso Leaveshandful, torn
  • Toasted Sesame Seeds1 tbsp

Instructions

  1. 1

    Whisk the rice vinegar juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.

  2. 2

    Prepare the spinach — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.

  3. 3

    Toss the spinach with the garlic, shiso leaves and the dressing just before serving.

  4. 4

    Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of rice vinegar if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

A final squeeze of rice vinegar just before serving lifts every other flavour.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Japanese Cucumber Salad (酢の物 - Sunomono) · on YouTube