Japanese · Sauce / condiment

Unohana Okara Dressing

Name: Unohana Okara Dressing
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 4 · About 1 cup
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 120 g fresh okara (soybean pulp), about 1 cup; 1 egg yolk; 1 tsp salt; 2 tbsp rice vinegar; 1 tbsp sugar

Okara, the soy pulp left from tofu-making, sieved fine and cooked over water with egg yolk, vinegar, sugar and salt into a soft, crumbly-creamy dressing for vinegared fish and vegetable aemono.

YieldServes 4 · About 1 cup
Hands-on20 min
Total35 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

120 gfresh okara (soybean pulp), about 1 cup
1egg yolk
1 tspsalt
2 tbsprice vinegar
1 tbspsugar

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Egg
Soy
Birds' eggs (any)
Legumes (any)
Rice
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat

Texture

Creamy

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Any season

Effort

20–45 min active
30–60 min total
Difficulty 1

Nutrition

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

Budget

Budget: low

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