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Simmered Okara Recipe - Japanese Recipe

By Setsuko Yoshizuka, About.com

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Simmered Okara Picture

Setsuko Yoshizuka

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound okara (tofu lees)
  • 2 1/2 cups dashi soup stock
  • 4 hoshi-shiitake mushrooms
  • 1/2 carrot
  • 1/4 leek
  • 2 tsp vegetable oil
  • 3 tbsps soy sauce
  • 2 tbsps sugar
  • 1 tbsps sake

Preparation:

Soak shiitake mushroom in water for 30 minutes. Cut the mushroom and carrot into thin strips. Slice leeks into thin round shapes. Put dashi soup stock, sake, sugar, and soy sauce in a pan. Add onion and shiitake mushroom strips in the pan and simmer for a few minutes. Put vegetable oil in a frying pan and saute okara on high heat. Add the soup in a frying pan and mix well. Stop the heat.

Makes 4 servings

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