‘Ohitashi’ Marinated Spinach & Nori
‘Ohitashi’ Marinated Spinach & Nori

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, ‘ohitashi’ marinated spinach & nori. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

‘Ohitashi’ Marinated Spinach & Nori is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. ‘Ohitashi’ Marinated Spinach & Nori is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

This Japanese Spinach Salad applies a simple method called the Ohitashi to infuse vegetables with umami and subtle flavor. It's one of the common techniques. Cook spinach in a large pot of boiling salted water just until wilted and bright green, a matter of seconds.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook ‘ohitashi’ marinated spinach & nori using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make ‘Ohitashi’ Marinated Spinach & Nori:
  1. Get 1 bunch Spinach *250 to 300g
  2. Prepare 2 sheets Toasted Nori *toasted just before adding to Spinach
  3. Prepare 4 tablespoons ‘Mentsuyu’* OR Dashi Stock 2 tablespoons & Soy Sauce 2 tablespoons
  4. Prepare Ginger 1 small piece *grated
  5. Make ready Dried Prawns 2 tablespoons *optional

Ohitashi is a very healthy dish with absolutely no oil. Spinach Ohitashi, cooked spinach salad, is a very popular, healthy, and of course tasty small side Ohitashi means soaked, and here spinach is soaked in Dashi sauce. Add spinach to boiling water and cook for a minute. Take the spinach out as soon as it starts to wilt Remove the spinach from ice water and squeeze out as much water as you can without pressing too.

Instructions to make ‘Ohitashi’ Marinated Spinach & Nori:
  1. Dried Prawns are optional. If you have, wash with water and soak in water for 1 to 2 hours to rehydrate. Cut to small pieces if large.
  2. Wash Spinach well and boil in boiling water until tender. Dip in cold water to stop cooking further, drain well and squeeze to remove excess water. Cut into 5cm length.
  3. Place prepared Spinach in a bowl, add rehydrated but still chewy Prawns, Ginger and ‘Mentsuyu’ (OR Dashi and Soy Sauce) and mix to combine.
  4. Toast Nori sheets over flames even though they are toasted type, it will change the colour to green and very aromatic, then tear into small pieces and mix with the Spinach just before serving.
  5. See how to make ‘Mentsuyu’ at http://www.hirokoliston.com/dipping-sauce/

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