Goma-ae Japanese greens
Serve this flavour-packed side dish alongside a Japanese feast. Spinach and green beans are tossed in a dressing of soy, miso, mirin and sesame seeds
- Prep:10 mins
Cook:5 mins
- Serves 4
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
- kcal 120
- fat 5g
- saturates 1g
- carbs 10g
- sugars 8g
- fibre 4g
- protein 5g
- salt 0.9g
Ingredients
- 200g fine green beans, trimmed
- 250g spinach
- 4 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
- 1 tbsp soy
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 1 tbsp white miso
- 1 tbsp mirin
- gomashio(salted sesame seeds), to serve (optional, available from amazon.co.uk)
Method
Get a bowl of iced water ready. Bring a pan of salted water to the boil, add the green beans and cook for 2-3 mins until bright green but still crunchy. Use a slotted spoon to remove the beans and plunge them into the ice water. Add the spinach to the boiling water and cook for 20-30 secs, then remove and add to the ice water. Once cool, drain the greens in a sieve over the bowl and set aside for 5 mins so that all the water drips out of them.
Make the dressing by grinding the sesame seeds with a pestle and mortar or spice grinder, then mix in the other ingredients. Toss the greens in the dressing, top with the gomashio, if using, and serve.