Recipe: Perfect Simmered Okara

Simmered Okara.

You can cook Simmered Okara using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Simmered Okara

1. You need of fresh okara.
2. You need of carrot.
3. It's of burdock roots.
4. You need of shiitake mushrooms.
5. It's of abura-age (deep-fried tofu).
6. It's of chikuwa (if you have).
7. You need of Japanese leeks (cut into small pieces).
8. Prepare of dashi (The soaking liquid from shiitake mushrooms)*.
9. You need of sugar *.
10. Prepare of sake *.
11. It's of soy sauce *.
12. It's of mirin *.
13. You need of salt *.
14. Prepare of vegetable oil.

Simmered Okara step by step

1. Soak shiitake mushrooms in water for about 1 hour. (if no time, 30 mins is also OK).
2. Peel carrot and cut into thin sticks. Scrub the burdock root with a brush (no need to peel) and cut into thin shreds (Soak them in water to remove the strong taste). Remove stems of shiitake mushrooms and slice thinly. Cut abura-age and chikuwa into short strips..
3. Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat, then put carrot and burdock root and stir fry for 2~3 mins and put shiitake mushrooms and saute. Add okara and cook thoroughly..
4. Put abura-age, chikuwa and the * ingredients and bring to a simmer over medium ~ high heat, then lower the heat, and continue to simmer until the liquid is almost gone..
5. Top with shredded leek to finish..
6. For your reference: About dashi katsuo or niboshi or konbu dashi or mix is also tasty!.