Showing posts with label komatsuna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label komatsuna. Show all posts

Thursday, January 16, 2014

3174. KOMATSUNA SPINACH SALAD with BACON

3 strips good bacon
Olive oil, as desired
1½ teaspoons finely chopped ginger
1½ teaspoons finely chopped garlic
½ cup diced red onion
2-3 cups fresh komatsuna
Cider vinegar, to taste

Fry three pieces of bacon in the bottom of your wok, and remove when crispy. Add to remaining fat the ginger and garlic; cook for a minute. Add onion and cook until it begins to turn transparent. To reduce saturated fat in this recipe, drain and discard fat from fried bacon and replace it with an equivalent amount of olive oil.

Add spinach to vegetables and cook very briefly. Leaves should still have body, and stems should still be crunchy. Place spinach in a serving bowl and splash lightly with cider vinegar, to taste. Garnish with crumbled bacon.


bacon recipe courtesy of: Spring Hill Community Farm, Patty Wright and Michael Racette, 545  1½ Avenue, Prairie Farm, Wisconsin 54762

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

2229. FRIED KOMATSUNA, BACON and SHIMEJI MUSHROOMS

serves two


1 bunch komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach)
1 pack shimeji mushrooms
2 slice bacon
vegetable oil
salt and pepper

Cut the komatsuna into 3-cm lengthwise pieces, cut the stem of shimeji mushroom and 3㎝ lengthwise pieces. Cut the bacon into strips. Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add the bacon, komatsuna and shimeji mushroom and fry. Season with salt and pepper.


bacon recipe courtesy of: Naoko, Cooking Japanese Style, May 23, 2011