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Nimono (煮物), Traditional Japanese Root Vegetable Dish
Nimono (煮物), Traditional Japanese Root Vegetable Dish

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, nimono (煮物), traditional japanese root vegetable dish. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Nimono (煮物) is a simmered dish in Japanese cuisine. A nimono generally consists of a base ingredient simmered in shiru stock flavored with sake, soy sauce, and a small amount of sweetening. The nimono is simmered in the shiru over a period of time until the liquid is absorbed into the base. A nimono dish in Japanese cooking means that it's been simmered in dashi flavored with sugar, sake, mirin Winter vegetable nimono.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have nimono (煮物), traditional japanese root vegetable dish using 20 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Nimono (煮物), Traditional Japanese Root Vegetable Dish:
  1. Get Meat (choose one)
  2. Get Chicken thigh, thinly sliced
  3. Get Pork chop, thinly sliced
  4. Get No meat is fine too!
  5. Take Vegetables
  6. Get 2 carrots
  7. Take 4 potatoes
  8. Get 1 ft stick burdock root (optional but would be nice to have)
  9. Make ready 8 shiitake mushrooms (optional)
  10. Prepare 100 g lotus root (optional but would be nice to have)
  11. Take 130 g konjac (optional because it’s hard to find outside of Japan!)
  12. Take Soup (but it’s not a soup)
  13. Get 1-2 cups water
  14. Make ready 1/4 cup sake
  15. Make ready 3 tbsp soy sauce
  16. Get 1 tbsp salt
  17. Get 5 tbsp sugar
  18. Get 3 tbsp hondashi powder
  19. Make ready 2 tbsp chicken broth powder (optional)
  20. Get 3 tsp mirin (optional)

The types of nimono dishes are quite varied, and include dishes such as oden, nabemono In Japanese cuisine, there is a cooking technique of simmering vegetables, seafood, tofu, and meats Today, we'll be looking at vegetable nimono, which is a simple way to prepare a mixed vegetable. Nimono means "simmered dishes" in Japanese. Ingredients such as root vegetables and kabocha squash are simmered in a mix of dashi broth and flavorings like soy sauce There are many dishes in Japanese cuisine that feature ingredients simmered in dashi stock. Some of the best known include We are making healthy, low-fat Vegetable Tofu Nimono.

Steps to make Nimono (煮物), Traditional Japanese Root Vegetable Dish:
  1. Cut all vegetables into bite size pieces. The potatoes are okay being a tiny bit bigger than the rest of the vegetables.
  2. Cut meat into thin bite size slices. Grab a large pot that will fit everything in. In that pot, on medium heat and with a little bit of oil, cook the sliced meat.
  3. Once the meat is cooked, throw all of the vegetables and water into the pot. Rise the heat to high.
  4. We don’t need that much water because we aren’t boiling the vegetables, we will be simmering/steaming them. In the hot water, add in all the seasonings like soy sauce, sugar, sake, etc.
  5. Give the pot a toss to mix everything evenly. Then, close the lid keep the heat on high. The vegetables are only simmering on the bottom where it is in contact with the liquid, so use something like a large wooden spoon to mix everything around, but not too vigorously or else the vegetables will begin to crumble and break.
  6. After some time, the vegetables will absorb the liquid and a lot of it will also be evaporated. When you notice that the liquid is getting low, add about half a cup of water again, to continue simmering the dish.
  7. Once all the vegetables are super soft (potatoes get sliced by a wooden spoon with ease), the dish is ready!
  8. Serve, and enjoy.

Ingredients such as root vegetables and kabocha squash are simmered in a mix of dashi broth and flavorings like soy sauce There are many dishes in Japanese cuisine that feature ingredients simmered in dashi stock. Some of the best known include We are making healthy, low-fat Vegetable Tofu Nimono. Even though no meat is used, the vegetables that absorbed the dashi stock give the dish a savory flavor. Homepage > Recipes > Tofu Recipes > Vegetable Tofu Nimono Recipe (Savory Stew with Vegetables and Deep-Fried Tofu). Stay tuned for the always enjoyable Cooking With Dog.

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