Lunch · 15 min · japanese

Goma-ae Spinach

Japanese flavors, weeknight effort. Spinach meets ground sesame in a 15-minute lunch worth keeping in rotation. The macros do the talking: 7g protein, 10g carbs, and 8g fat in every 120-calorie serving. Naturally vegetarian and vegan, it scales cleanly if you are cooking for more than one.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1 lb Spinach
• 3 tbsp Ground sesame
• 2 tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 tbsp Sugar
• 1 tsp Mirin
• 1 tbsp Dashi

Steps

1. Toast the sesame seeds until fragrant, then grind while warm — warm seeds release their oil and turn creamy.
2. Blanch the spinach 1 minute until just wilted, then chill in ice water and squeeze absolutely dry. Water is the enemy of goma-ae.
3. Whisk the ground sesame with the soy, sugar, mirin, and dashi into a thick dressing.
4. Toss the spinach through the dressing until every leaf is coated.
5. Serve chilled or at room temperature. Three ingredients doing the work of ten — nutty, sweet-salty, and vividly green.

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