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Kimpira Gobo
Also known as: Kinpira Gobo, きんぴらごぼう
A Japanese side dish of slender burdock and carrot strips glazed with soy sauce, mirin, sake and sesame oil.
About Kimpira Gobo
Kinpira gobo is a Japanese home-style side dish built around burdock root and carrot. This profile follows Just One Cookbook's braised version.
Earthy burdock and sweet carrot meet a savoury-sweet glaze of soy sauce, mirin and sake, with toasted sesame aroma throughout.
The vegetables remain slender and lightly crisp, taking on a glossy amber-brown coating rather than a soft stew texture.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Sesame, Soy, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Kimpira Gobo
Japanese Kinpira Gobo.
- Burdock root (gobo)Earthy main vegetable
- CarrotSweetness and colour
- Toasted sesame oilStir-frying fat and toasted aroma
- SugarGlaze sweetness
- MirinSweet rice-wine seasoning
- SakeRice-wine depth
- Soy sauceSavoury seasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Burdock root (gobo):
- Carrot:
- Toasted sesame oil:
- Sugar:
- Mirin: . Commercial mirin formulation remains unresolved
- Sake: . Commercial sake formulation remains unresolved
- Soy sauce: . Commercial soy-sauce formulation remains unresolved
Recipe-specific unresolved details
- Commercial mirin formulation
- Commercial sake formulation
- Commercial soy-sauce formulation
Origins & food traditions
Kinpira is a Japanese sauté-and-simmer technique; gobo, or burdock root, with carrot is its best-known form. The ledger spelling 'kimpira' is normalized in the display name.
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.