Carrots Cooked Kinpira Style

Name: Carrots Cooked Kinpira Style
Ingredients: 250 g (½ lb) carrots, julienned; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil, preferably sesame oil; Water; Tamari or shoyu soy sauce, to taste

Kinpira is a Japanese cooking term that roughly translates to sauté and simmer.

Ingredients

250 g (½ lb) carrots, julienned
1 Tbsp vegetable oil, preferably sesame oil
Water
Tamari or shoyu soy sauce, to taste

Steps

Cut the carrots into thin matchstick pieces (sen-giri, or julienned)
Pour a small amount of oil into a saucepan and sauté the carrot pieces briefly
Add just enough water to half-cover the carrot pieces
Place the lid on the pot and let the carrots simmer briefly on medium-low heat
Add a little tamari or shoyu to enhance flavour. Serve.

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Adapted from “Carrots Cooked Kinpira Style” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.