Japanese Style Spinach

Japanese spinach recipe
Japanese Style Spinach
Recipe Type: side dish
Cuisine: Japanese
Author: Caroline Artiss
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 11 mins
Serves: 2 servings
Here is a super tasty and healthy side dish, which is very easy to whip up. I would eat this with a bowl of steamed rice and maybe just some eggs! Spinach is a great source of iron and vitamins and minerals to help keep you full of energy.
Ingredients
- 250 g fresh spinach (I use baby spinach)
- 3 tablespoons white sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 big tps caster / fine sugar
Instructions
- Cut off the larger stems of the spinach and wash thoroughly.
- Making sure you get all the grit out! Nothing worse than a bit of grit in your teeth when eating, my pet hate!
- Fill a medium-size pan with water. Bring to a boil, add a pinch of salt and add the spinach
- Boil spinach for 30 seconds or until just wilted
- Drain off water and add Spinach to a bowl of cold water or run under cold water to stop it cooking further and this will also keep the green colour
- Squeeze out any excess water and put spinach into a mixing bowl.
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- Now to make the dressing
- Place the sesame seeds into a frying pan
- Turn heat to medium and dry fry them until they are golden brown and smelling amazing
- Add sesame seeds to a pestle and mortar or some kind of grinder
- Add the soy sauce and sugar and blitz or pound until you get a rough paste.
- Add mixture to spinach and stir together