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Fukuro Simmered Tofu Purses

Name: Fukuro Simmered Tofu Purses
Total time: 2 h 59 min
Yield: 8 pouches; serves 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4 sheets thin fried tofu (aburage), about 15 x 8 cm, or 8 ready-to-stuff pouches; 10 g dried gourd strips (kanpyo); 1 tsp salt, for the gourd and the blanching water; 200 g daikon; 1 medium carrot; 1 block firm tofu (about 300 g); 8 dried shiitake mushrooms; 560 ml cold water; 10 g kombu; 12 g dried bonito flakes (katsuobushi); 90 ml mirin; 90 ml dark (koikuchi) soy sauce

Fried-tofu pouches packed with diced daikon, carrot, shiitake and tofu, tied shut with gourd ribbon and simmered upright under a drop-lid in sweet soy dashi until they drink it up; good hot or cool, and better the next day.

Yield8 pouches; serves 4
Hands-on1 h
Total2 h 59 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

pouches

4 sheetsthin fried tofu (aburage), about 15 x 8 cm, or 8 ready-to-stuff pouches
10 gdried gourd strips (kanpyo)
1 tspsalt, for the gourd and the blanching water

filling

200 gdaikon
1medium carrot
1block firm tofu (about 300 g)
8dried shiitake mushrooms

dashi

560 mlcold water
10 gkombu
12 gdried bonito flakes (katsuobushi)

simmering liquid

90 mlmirin
90 mldark (koikuchi) soy sauce

Diet

Pescatarian

Contains

Gluten
Soy
Fish
Sulfites
Tuna
Bonito
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Rice
Cabbage family (any)
Radish
Bottle gourd
Carrot
Mushrooms (any)
Shiitake
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
Seaweed (any)
Kelp
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Smoke

Texture

Tender-braised

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Fall
Winter

Occasion

Meal prep

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 3
Make-ahead friendly
Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: low
Fat: low
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: low

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