JAPANESE SPINACH WITH SWEET SESAME SEEDS
You will need a Japanese mortar and pestle (suribachi and surikogi) for this recipe, as the sweet flavor of the roasted sesame is most intense when ground. This can also be made with asparagus instead of spinach.
Provided by Bitchin Kitchen
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Greens
Time 7m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Heat the sesame oil in a large skillet over medium heat until hot. Add the spinach 3 to 4 cups at a time. Cook and stir to wilt, then add more spinach.
- Grind the sesame seeds into fine crumbs using a mortar and pestle. When spinach is wilted, move it to the sides of the pan and sprinkle sugar in the center. When the sugar melts, stir in the spinach to coat.
- Transfer spinach to a serving plate and sprinkle ground sesame seeds on top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 101.4 calories, Carbohydrate 6.7 g, Fat 7.9 g, Fiber 2.5 g, Protein 3.4 g, SaturatedFat 1.1 g, Sodium 66.5 mg, Sugar 2.5 g
SPINACH WITH SESAME SEED
I thought this seemed like an interesting way to serve spinach. Recipe source: Bon Appetit (February 1984)
Provided by ellie_
Categories Spinach
Time 15m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- In a large saucepan cook spinach in 2 cups boiling water for 2 minutes; drain and rinse in cold water.
- Drain again and squeeze dry.
- Chop spinach coarsely and set aside in a deep serving dish.
- In a small skillet over high heat toast sesame seed until light brown (2-3 minutes)and then sesame seed to a mortar and crush with pestle.
- Stir in soy sauce and sugar.
- Toss sesame seed mixture with spinach and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 85.1, Fat 3.8, SaturatedFat 0.5, Sodium 844.6, Carbohydrate 9.6, Fiber 3.4, Sugar 3.9, Protein 5.9
JAPANESE-STYLE SPINACH, WITH SESAME SEEDS
Provided by Florence Fabricant
Categories side dish
Time 20m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Toast sesame seeds by placing them in a pan in a 300-degree oven for about 10 minutes, until lightly brown. Set aside.
- Thoroughly wash spinach, dry it and remove stems. Coarsely chop.
- Heat peanut oil in a large skillet, add spinach and cook, stirring, from three to five minutes, until the moisture has evaporated from the pan and the spinach has just wilted.
- Spoon spinach into a serving dish, toss with sesame oil and soy sauce and serve sprinkled with sesame seed.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 125, UnsaturatedFat 9 grams, Carbohydrate 5 grams, Fat 11 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 236 milligrams, Sugar 0 grams
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