Enjoy spring with simmered butterbur and rice cooked with butterbur! [Minorich Hokuryu's Healthy Vegetables]

Thursday, May 16, 2024

I enjoyed simmered butterbur and rice cooked with butterbur purchased at Minoritch Hokuryu!

Simmered butterbur & rice cooked with butterbur

Simmered butterbur & rice cooked with butterbur
Simmered butterbur & rice cooked with butterbur

Boiled butterbur

After removing the bitterness, the butterbur is simmered slowly with shredded carrots in a mixture of white stock, mirin, soy sauce, water, and chili pepper.

Boiled butterbur
Boiled butterbur

Butterbur rice

To make butterbur rice, add carrots, butterbur, and kelp to rice and cook it.

Butterbur rice
Butterbur rice

Soup: Ingredient-packed medicinal soup

Ingredient-packed medicinal soup
Ingredient-packed medicinal soup

Accompanying pickles: boiled mustard greens and wood ear mushrooms

Stewed Takana and Wood Ear Mushroom
Stewed Takana and Wood Ear Mushroom

Enjoy the arrival of spring to the fullest by savoring plenty of butterbur, a seasonal vegetable that truly signals the arrival of spring!!!

Enjoy the arrival of spring!
Enjoy the arrival of spring!

"I hope the weather will be nice tomorrow!" I prayed to the rain doll...

I hope the weather will be nice tomorrow!!!
I hope the weather will be nice tomorrow!!!

Other photos

Related articles

Related articles
This is a list of articles in the category "Enjoying the Seasons in Hokuryu Town."
Related articles
This is a list of articles in the category "Minoritchi Hokuryu Agricultural and Livestock Products Direct Sales Store."

◇ Interview and text: Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editing assistance: Noboru Terauchi)