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Japanese style spinach salad topped with bonito flakes served in a white bowl with a pair of chopsticks.
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Japanese Spinach Salad

Japanese Spinach Salad is a delicious and healthy dish that brings the flavors of Japan to your table. Try this easy Japanese spinach recipe today!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword Japanese spinach recipe, Japanese spinach salad
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 minute
Marinating Time 1 hour
Total Time 6 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 38kcal

Ingredients

  • 4-5 Cups Spinach Leaves
  • 1/2 Cup Water
  • 1/2 Cup Bonito Flakes can sub with 1/8 tsp of hondashi
  • 1 tbsp Japanese Sake
  • 2 tsp Sweetener your preferred sweetener
  • 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 tbsp Bonito Flakes sprinkle

Instructions

  • Gather all the ingredients.
    Ingredients for Japanese spinach salad.
  • Prepare and wash spinach as needed.
    Sauce for Japanese spinach salad.
  • In a stove top pan, add water, bonito flakes, Japanese sake, sweetener, soy sauce and bring to boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to low and cook for 3 minutes. After 3 minutes, remove from heat, strain bonito flakes from sauce and transfer remaining sauce into marinating bowl. Note - if using hondashi, you can skip straining the sauce.
    Spinach washed on cutting board.
  • Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Once boiling, add spinach leaves and boil for 75 seconds. Then, rinse them in cold water to stop the cooking process. Squeeze out any excess water from the spinach, cut it into 1/2-inchlengths, and transfer it into a bowl with the sauce for marinating.
    Boiled spinach cut into bite size pieces.
  • Marinate for at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours in the fridge. Serve as is for cold or microwave for 30 seconds to serve warm. Top with bonito flakes before serving.
    Japanese spinach salad topped with bonito flakes.

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Nutrition

Calories: 38kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 5g | Sodium: 1106mg | Potassium: 708mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 11252IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 126mg | Iron: 4mg