Potato and Carrot Kinpira

Kinpira is a Japanese cooking style in which strips of ingredients are stir-fried and seasoned with sugar and soy sauce. Gobou (burdock) is the most common vegetable for kinpira. I made jyagaimo (potato) and ninjin (carrot) kinpira for this recipe. It takes only 10 minutes to make, and is good as a side dish.

Yield: 2 servings
Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 carrot (thin sliced)
  
• 1 potato (thin sliced)
  

Spices

• 1 tbsp sake
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp mirin
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp sesame seeds (optional)
  

Preparation

1. Mix spices together in a small bowl (sake, soy sauce, sugar, and mirin)
2. Heat the sesame oil in a frying pan then stir-fry potato and carrot for 2 minutes over med heat
3. Add mixed spices in the pan, cook for 2 minutes on low heat
4. Sprinkle sesame on top