Konnyaku Amakarani Recipe
( Sweet and Spicy Konnyaku こんにゃく甘辛煮 )

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TRADITIONAL JAPANESE RECIPE: Konnyaku Amakarani is a sweet and spicy braised Konnyaku. It is very a gelatinous food made from Konnyaku potatoes. This unique side dish is perfect for Bento box.

Konjac corm powder has a noticeable 'fishy' smell like Tuna and is used as an ingredient in vegan alternative seafood products.

In Japanese cuisine, konjac (konnyaku) appears in dishes such as oden. It is typically mottled grey and firmer in consistency than most gelatins. It has very little taste; the common variety tastes vaguely like salt, usually with a slightly oceanic taste and smell (from the seaweed powder added to it, though some forms omit the seaweed). It is valued more for its texture than flavor.

Ito konnyaku (糸蒟蒻) is a type of Japanese food consisting of konjac cut into noodle-like strips. It is usually sold in plastic bags with accompanying water. It is often used in sukiyaki and oden. The name literally means "thread-konjac".

Japanese konnyaku is made by mixing konjac flour with water and limewater. Hijiki is often added for the characteristic dark color and flavor. Without additives for color, konjac is pale white. It is then boiled and cooled to solidify. Konjac made in noodle form is called shirataki and used in foods such as sukiyaki and gyūdon.

The dried corm of the konjac plant contains around 40% glucomannan gum. This polysaccharide makes konjac jelly highly viscous and may be responsible for many of its putative health benefits as used in traditional Chinese medicine, detoxification, tumour-suppression, blood stasis alleviation and phlegm liquefaction. The dietary fiber from the corm of konjac is used as a component of weight loss supplements.

 

 

 

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Skill Level:	Time: 20 Minutes
Price:	Serves: 2-3 People

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Directions:

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01 - Remove the seeds from the Takanotsume Togarashi Chili Pepper and slice it into thin small rings and set aside.



02 - Start by cutting bite size pieces from the slab of Konnyaku. You can do this with a knife, for perfect cubes, or with a spoon for irregular shapes. You should end up having about 20 bites.

03 - Boil some Water in a pot.

04 - Place the Konnyaku bites in the pot of hot boiling water and cook the Konnyaku pieces for a couple of minutes.

05 - Strain the Water off the bites , and try to remove the moisture.



06 - Heat a frying pan with Oil at medium heat and add the Konnyaku bites in. Cook for about 1 minute.

07 - Add Sugar, Soy Sauce, Mirin, and Chili Pepper rings in the pan, and cook stirring constantly until the liquid is more than half way gone. Turn heat off.

08 - Mix in Sesame Seeds. Serve.

 

 

 

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