Mizuna and Aburaage Salad. Mix the ingredients for the dressing in a jar. Put on the lid and shake until well blended. Today I made a beautiful winter salad with mizuna, fried tofu (aburaage), and dried anchovies (chirimen jyako).

Mizuna and Aburaage Salad Mizuna is one of those tender greens you usually only see in a store-bought salad blend. That's why I was blown away when a large and gorgeous bunch of Mizuna was included. The dark green leaves are smooth, have a glossy surface, bear deeply serrated edges, and have a fringed, feathery appearance. You can have Mizuna and Aburaage Salad using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mizuna and Aburaage Salad

  1. It's 1/2 sheet of Aburaage.
  2. Prepare 1/2 bunch of Mizuna.
  3. You need 1 dash of salt.
  4. It's of For the Dressing:.
  5. It's 4 Tbsp of Sesame Oil.
  6. It's 1 Tbsp of Dark Soy Sauce.
  7. Prepare 1 Tbsp of Mirin.
  8. It's 1/2 Tbsp of Sugar.
  9. You need 2 Tbsp of Vinegar.
  10. You need 1 Dash of Salt & Pepper.
  11. Prepare of Sesame seeds (optional).

The thin, narrow, and white stems are firm. Mizuna (ミズナ（水菜）, "water greens"), kyona, Japanese mustard greens, or spider mustard, is a cultivar of Brassica rapa var. niposinica. Possessing dark green serrated leaves, the taste of 'mizuna' has been described as a "piquant, mild peppery flavor.slightly spicy, but less so than arugula." Mizuna is a mild-flavored Japanese mustard that is commonly grown for commercial salad mixes. It has lobed green leaves and a pleasant bitter taste.

Mizuna and Aburaage Salad instructions

  1. Mix the ingredients for the dressing in a jar. Put on the lid and shake until well blended..
  2. Wash the Mizuna, drain and cut into 3-4 cm length..
  3. Toast the Aburaage in toaster or oven until slightly brown (about 2- 3 minutes). This process can also be done by frying it in a pan. Cut into 1-2 cm squares. Sprinkle with salt. (It's quite tasteless without the salt).
  4. Toss the mizuna together with the Aburaage and pour the dressing just before serving. Garnish with sesame seeds..

Mizuna is used as a salad ingredient, where it adds a distinct flavor. You can also use the fresh leaves on sandwiches and add them to stir-fries. Aburaage is Japanese deep-fried tofu pouches made from soybeans. Japanese Aburaage is made in the same way as Chinese tofu puffs or other Asian bean curd puffs, but they are larger in size and flat. Mizuna is a Japanese leafy vegetable, which grows as a large rosette (head) of finely dissected leaves.