Traditional Japanese Tofu Salad (shiraae)

Hourensou no shiraae（ほうれん草の白和え）

What kind of dish is shiraae??

“Shiraae” is tofu mixed with vegetables and seasoned with sesame, sugar, and miso. A traditional Japanese tofu salad.

It is said that it came to be called Shiraae because it looks like it is wearing a white robe. In Japanese, white is called “shiro” and to mix is called “ae”.

Tofu is low in fat and high in protein. It is also rich in calcium.　It’s a highly nutritious side dish as you can also eat vegetables with it ꕤ…˖*

It takes time, but the cooking itself is easy. The gentle taste of miso is very delicious.

This recipe use firm tofu, not silken tofu otherwise it takes a long time to drain and it becomes too soft. (*There is a theory that silken tofu was used originally.)　For more information on tofu, please click here.　👉　Tofu topped with meat miso (niku miso)

NUTRITION FACTS

117 kcal Protein 7.3g Fat 4.8g Carb 11.8 Salt Equivalent 0.7g

INGREDIENTS (5SERVINGS)

firm tofu 400g
spinach 70g
carrot 50g
dried shiitake mushroom 8g
☆soy sauce 10g
☆mirin 10g
☆dashi stock granules 1g
ground sesame 5g
white miso 25g
sugar 25g

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS

①Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms in water. It takes time, so it is better to soak it in water from the day before.

②Stack the colander on the bowl, wrap the firm tofu with kitchen paper and put it on the colander. Weight it down and leave it for a few hours to drain the water.

③Cut the spinach into 5 cm width. Cut the carrot into strips. Remove the stone from the shiitake mushrooms and shred them.

④Boil spinach, carrots and shiitake mushrooms for 2 minutes and squeeze.

⑤Mix soy sauce, mirin, and dashi stock granules. Add vegetables into this.

⑥Put firm tofu in a bowl and mix with a whisk.

⑦When it becomes creamy, mix white miso, sugar, and ground sesame and add vegetables

MEMO

Dried shiitake mushrooms are delicious “donko”. The water left over after rehydration is used for miso soup and udon soup.

When you don’t have time, thinly sliced dried shiitake mushrooms are convenient.

The menu for this day is meat udon, white sauce, taro simmered in soboro, and fruits.

Check out the meat udon recipe here.　　⇒　　easy to make beef udon noodles

naokoan

I’m Naoko. After graduating from a registered dietitian training school, I am working as a registered dietitian at a hospital in Japan. I love to cook and eat delicious food. I make recipes with calorie counting. The reason why all the ingredients are written as “g” is to accurately calculate calories. I am especially good at cooking with pressure cookers and ovens. I would like to introduce the recipe to foreigners who are interested in Japanese food. So I started writing Japanese home cooking recipes on my blog in English. 大学卒業後、管理栄養士として病院で勤務しています。レシピはカロリー計算を出来るだけ正確に行いたいので“g”で表記しています。日本の家庭料理のレシピを英語で紹介しています。圧力鍋とオーブンを使う料理が得意です。日本食・和食に興味を持ってもらえたら嬉しいです。よろしくお願いします(*ˊᵕˋ)♡‧₊