Japanese-style Healthy Komatsuna and Fried Tofu Salad with Ginger

Name: Japanese-style Healthy Komatsuna and Fried Tofu Salad with Ginger
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 bunch Komatsuna; 1/3 Carrot; 1 block Atsuage; 4 tbsp or more ★ Mentsuyu (3x concentrate); 1 dash ★ Grated ginger; 1 Sesame seeds

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I often use atsuage instead of meat in salads. Astuage is deep-fried so it has a rich taste, and unlike normal tofu, it won't make a dish watery. Marinate it in the sauce before you add it to the salad, as atsuage itself is quite bland.
To help it absorb the sauce, it is essential to remove the excess oil first. Atsuage goes well with mizuna and mitsuba in salad.

Prepare the atsuage→ carrot → komatsuna in that order.
Allow the atsuage to absorb the sauce before you add it to the salad!
Do not overcook the komatsuna! Its refreshing and crisp character is the key to this recipe.
If you use silken atsuage, it will be difficult for it to hold its shape. For 4 servings. Recipe by moj

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Ingredients

4 servings

1 bunchKomatsuna
1/3Carrot
1 blockAtsuage
4 tbspor more ★ Mentsuyu (3x concentrate)
1 dash★ Grated ginger
1Sesame seeds

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Steps

1

Pour boiling water over the atsusge to remove the excess oil. Cut it into 0.5-1 cm widths as in this photo. Marinate in ★ sauce.
2

Julienne the carrot. Sprinkle with salt lightly and allow to sit for a while. Squeeze out the excess moisture.
3

Prepare the komatsuna by cutting it in half. Cook the tougher stems first, then add the more delicate leaves. Cook the komatsuna until just tender and rinse with running water to cool. Squeeze out the excess moisture. Cut into 3 cm lengths.
4

Mix the komatsuna, carrot and atsuage with the sauce. Add more mentsuyu if necessary.