Chilled sesame-ginger tatsoi
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | pounds | Tatsoi; washed & dried |
| Salt to taste | ||
| ⅓ | cup | Soy sauce |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sesame oil |
| 1 | tablespoon | Ginger; minced |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sugar |
| ¼ | cup | White vinegar |
| 4 | dashes | Tabasco sauce |
| Black pepper to taste | ||
| ¼ | cup | Sesame seeds; toasted |
Directions
l. Bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil. Add the tatsoi, blanch for I minute, drain, immediately plunge into ice water to stop the cooking process, and drain again.
2. In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, sugar, vinegar and Tabasco. Mix well, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
3. In a large bowl, combine the tatsoi and dressing, and mix well Refrigerate until well chilled, gar nish with sesame seeds and serve.
Yield: 4 servings.
Approxirnate nutritional analysis per serving: 180 calories, 12 grams fat, 0 milligrams cholesterol, 1,390 milligrams sodium (before salting), 6,grams protein, 14 grams carbohydrate.
** New York Times -- Living Arts section -- 29 November 1995 ** Scanned and formatted for you by The WEE Scot -- paul macGregor Submitted By PAUL MACGREGOR On 12-24-95