Traditional Braised Daikon from 'Hiroko's American Kitchen

Name: Traditional Braised Daikon from 'Hiroko's American Kitchen
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon black sesame seeds; 4 servings Braised Daikon; 454 grams daikon radish; 59 milliliters lemon juice; 177 milliliters mirin (sweet cooking wine); 59 milliliters Spicy Miso Sauce (above); 237 milliliters aged brown miso; 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes; 2 Tbsps polished white rice; 59 milliliters sake (rice wine); 1 Tbsp thinly sliced scallion (green part only); 118 milliliters sugar; 710 milliliters Kelp Stock or low-sodium vegetable stock

Traditional Braised Daikon from 'Hiroko's American Kitchen might be just the American recipe you are searching for. One serving contains 411 calories, 11g of protein, and 6g of fat. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. If you have polished rice, vegetable stock, spicy miso sauce, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegan diet.

Instructions

Place the miso, sugar, mirin, and sake in a medium pot and whisk until smooth.

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Mirin

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Miso

Sake

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Whisk

Pot

Place the pot over medium heat and bring it to a simmer.

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Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, for 4 to 5 minutes.

Add the lemon juice and cook for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Turn off the heat, add the red pepper flakes, and stir. (Extra sauce can be stored in the freezer.)

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Red Pepper Flakes

Lemon Juice

Sauce

For the daikon: Peel the daikon radish and cut out 4 disks measuring 2 1/2 inches in diameter and 2 inches thick.

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Daikon Radish

Place the daikon disks in a medium pot with enough cold water to cover them by 2 inches. Wrap the rice in a double layer of cheesecloth, create a sack by tying the neck with kitchen string, and add it to the pot. Bring the water to a simmer over medium heat, then decrease the heat to medium-low, and cook the daikon, uncovered, for 30 to 45 minutes.

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Daikon Radish

Water

Rice

Wrap

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Using a slotted spoon, carefully remove the daikon disks, discard the water and rice, and rinse the disks in a bowl under cold water. Change the water several times.

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Daikon Radish

Water

Rice

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Drain the daikon disks again.

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Daikon Radish

Place the kelp stock in the cleaned pot over medium heat and bring it to a simmer.

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Stock

Kelp

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Add the daikon disks, decrease the heat to low, and cook the daikon for 30 minutes. While the daikon is cooking, mix the Spicy Miso Sauce with 2 tablespoons of the stock from the pot to loosen the sauce.

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Daikon Radish

Sauce

Stock

Miso

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Using a slotted spoon, transfer the daikon to serving bowls, and reserve the stock for later use in other dishes (like a base for miso soup). Using a spoon, pour the spicy sauce over the daikon disks.

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Base

Daikon Radish

Stock

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Garnish with the sesame seeds and scallion and serve. Warn your guests that the daikon radish may be quite hot in the center.

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Daikon Radish

Sesame Seeds