Recipe: Delicious Simmered Okara

Simmered Okara. This recipe for simmered okara, which combines soy sauce, carrots, sake, mirin, and few additional items, makes for a tasty combination. Simmered okara (soy pulp) is a traditional Japanese side dish. Our theme for this episode is simmering.

This is healthy chicken nuggets using Okara! Okara (soy pulp) is a bean curd refuse which is left after As you might know, we usually make Unohana (simmered Okara) using Okara but this time, I. Okara is a byproduct made from soy usually white or yellowish in color with rich amounts Copper and Selenium along with other nutrients in it. You can cook Simmered Okara using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Simmered Okara

1. You need 150 g of fresh okara.
2. It's 1/3 medium of carrot.
3. You need 1/2 of burdock roots.
4. It's 2 of shiitake mushrooms.
5. It's 1 of abura-age (deep-fried tofu).
6. Prepare 1 of chikuwa (if you have).
7. You need 5 cm of Japanese leeks (cut into small pieces).
8. It's 250 ml of dashi (The soaking liquid from shiitake mushrooms)*.
9. It's 2 Tbsp of sugar *.
10. Prepare 1 Tbsp of sake *.
11. Prepare 1 Tbsp of soy sauce *.
12. It's 2 Tbsp of mirin *.
13. You need 1 pinch of salt *.
14. You need 2 Tbsp of vegetable oil.

Okara is the ground up fibrous part of bean. Okara, soy pulp, or tofu dregs is a pulp consisting of insoluble parts of the soybean that remains after pureed soybeans are filtered in the production of soy milk and tofu. It is generally white or yellowish in color. It is part of the traditional cuisines of Japan, Korea, and China.

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!.

Another Vegan Choc Chip Cookie using okara. Got this recipe a few years ago when I took a soy class with a friend at the Park Slop Food Co-op (she was a member so I got in on her guest pass). Okara is the roughage left after making soy milk or tofu. Homemade Okara has more moisture than commercial, but cooking it more takes it out. Find okara stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection.