Simmered Soy Beans & Vegetables

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Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 to 6 Servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Hiroko Liston

Simmered Soy Beans & Vegetables

This is another very popular and traditional Japanese dish that you would never come across at Japanese restaurants. I do crave this type of dish occasionally. It’s a very simple dish and I enjoy it with freshly cooked Rice. The most tricky part of cooking this dish is cooking Soy Beans. The Dried Soy Beans that are available in Melbourne where I live are rather small and their skins easily come off while being boiled. That’s why I add Salt when soaking them in water. The dish is very nutritious and vegan.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 to 6 Servings

1 cup

Dried Soy Beans

4 cups

Cold Water to soak

1 teaspoon

Salt

1/2 block (125 g)

Konnyaku (Konjac)

medium Carrot *about 120g

5-6

Dried Shiitake Mushrooms

120 g

Green Beans

2 cup

Water

1 teaspoon

Dashi Powder

2 tablespoons

Sugar

3 tablespoons

Soy Sauce

2 tablespoons

Mirin

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Rinse Dried Soy Beans under cold water, place in a large saucepan OR pot, cover with 4 cups Cold Water, add Salt and gently stir. Soak overnight. *Note: I add Salt to prevent skins from coming off.

* Step 2

Bring to the simmer over medium heat. Remove scums and skins (if any) on the surface.

* Step 3

Lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. *Note: Some skins would come off. Use a skimmer OR chopsticks to remove them.

* Step 4

While the Soy Beans are cooking, prepare Vegetables and Konnyaku (Konjac). Soak Dried Shiitake in water until soft. Cut all ingredients into small pieces, about 1cm in the size. Konnyaku need to be blanched in boiling water to remove unpleasant flavour, then drain.

* Step 5

Drain the cooked Soy Beans to remove the salted water, return to the saucepan, add all the Sauce ingredients, all Vegetables and Konnyaku. Bring to the boil over medium heat.

* Step 6

Cook until the Sauce thickens and Vegetables are soft.

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Tag

dried soy beans Cold Water to soak Salt Konnyaku (Konjac) medium Carrot *about 120g dried shiitake mushrooms green beans water Dashi powder Sugar soy sauce mirin

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