Japanese Spinach Salad
How I love this steamed Japanese spinach salad with sesame! What a great side dish this is as well: very healthy and so easy to make in advance. Sesame fan?
Ingredients
- 1 lb fresh spinach (450 g)
- 1 ½ oz sesame seeds (45 g)
- 2 handfuls ice cubes
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- pepper
- salt
Instructions
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30 minutes before you start this spinach salad, prepare the ice water. Fill a large bowl with cold water. Add the ice cubes. Place this in the fridge. Add the sesame seeds to a blender (you can also use a mortar and pestle).
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Blend the sesame for a good minute until it is very fine, more like flour.
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Rinse the spinach well and place it in a steamer basket.
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Close the steamer and then steam the spinach for 4 minutes until soft. Once done, immediately remove the spinach from the basket and let it cool in the ice water.
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Once cooled, gently squeeze the steamed spinach and chop it up roughly. Add it to a large bowl together with the blended sesame, fish sauce, soy sauce and a tablespoon of water. Season with a pinch of pepper and salt.
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Stir the spinach salad. Then check the seasoning and add extra pepper, salt, fish sauce or soy sauce to taste if necessary. Serve cold.
