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Simmered Soybeans with Vegetables (Gomoku Mame)

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Soaking Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 30 minutes
Author Yuto Omura
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients 
 

Instructions 

  • Pour 375 ml water into a bowl and submerge 2 dried shiitake mushrooms and 5 g dried kelp (kombu) using a drop lid if you have one. Soak for at least 30 minutes to make dashi.
    dashi ingredients submerged in a bowl of water and weighed down with a silicone drop lid
  • While you wait, dice ½ carrot and 75 g bamboo shoots. Once 30 minutes have passed, remove the rehydrated shiitake mushrooms and kombu from the dashi and cut to a similar size as the other vegetables.
    Cubed ingredients to make Japanese simmered soy beans (gomoku mame) on a wooden chopping board (left to right: kombu, shiitake, bamboo shoots and carrots)
  • Heat a pot on medium and add 1 tsp cooking oil. Once hot, add the diced vegetables and stir fry for 1 minute.
    Kombu, shiitake, bamboo shoots and carrots in a pot on the stove with wooden spatula
  • Add the 120 g boiled soybeans. (If canned, drain them first.)
    boiled soybeans added to pot of vegetables on the stove with wooden spatula
  • Add the dashi to the pot, mix and bring to a boil.
    dashi added to pot of Japanese simmered soy beans (gomoku mame) on the stove with wooden spatula
  • Once boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer and add 2 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu), 2 tbsp sake, 2 tbsp mirin, and 2 tbsp sugar. Mix and place a lid on top. Simmer for 30 minutes.
    Japanese simmered soy beans (gomoku mame) in a pot on the stove seasoned with Japanese condiments
  • After 30 minutes, adjust the lid so that it's ajar and the excess steam can escape. Continue to simmer for 15 minutes to reduce.
    Pot of Japanese simmered soy beans (gomoku mame) on the stove with lid set ajar
  • Serve immediately, or for a deeper flavor, cool and reheat right before serving.
    Japanese simmered soybeans (gomoku mame) in a gray textured bowl on a dark wooden surface next to wooden chopsticks on flower shaped chopsticks rest