Description
Love Japanese side dishes? Gomae is the best Japanese spinach salad, dressed in a nutty, savory and sweet sesame sauce. Ready in 15 minutes!
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 3/4 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon dashi powder such as hondashi
- 1 tablespoon water
- 300g spinach
Instructions
- Put the sesame seeds in a small pan and turn the heat to low. Keep stirring the seeds until they become golden – about 6 to 7 minutes.
- Turn the heat off and put the seeds in a sesame seed grinder or mortar and pestle. Grind the seeds into a bowl and add the soy sauce, sugar, dashi powder, and water. Stir and set aside.
- Fill a large pot with water and 1 tablespoon salt, and bring to a boil.
- Meanwhile, fill a medium to large bowl with ice and cold water. Set aside.
- Add the spinach and boil for 1 minute and drain.
- Transfer the spinach to the bowl with ice and leave for a few minutes, until the spinach is cold.
- Drain the spinach and using your hands, take a chunk of spinach and squeeze as much excess water as you can. Place the spinach on a cutting board and repeat with the remaining spinach.
- Cut the spinach into 2-inch long pieces and transfer it to a mixing bowl.
- Add the sesame sauce on top and using chopsticks, toss until the spinach is evenly coated with the sauce. Serve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 104
- Sugar: 5.4g
- Sodium: 119.7mg
- Fat: 5.1g
- Saturated Fat: 0.7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 12.3g
- Fiber: 4.4g
- Protein: 5.9g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
