Japanese Simmered Turnips (Daikon Style)

Name: Japanese Simmered Turnips (Daikon Style)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 tsp Granulated sugar; 2 large (about 500g) turnips, peeled and cut into 2cm rounds; 10g fresh root ginger, thinly sliced; 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce; 1 tbsp mirin; 2 spring onions, thinly sliced, to finish; 600ml Dashi stock, light kombu or dashi stock

Tender turnips simmered in a light Japanese broth with soy, mirin, and ginger.

45 mins Serves 4On the Hob

Ingredients ↓Method ↓

Ingredients

1 tsp Granulated sugar
2 large (about 500g) turnips, peeled and cut into 2cm rounds
10g fresh root ginger, thinly sliced
1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce
1 tbsp mirin
2 spring onions, thinly sliced, to finish
600ml Dashi stock, light kombu or dashi stock

Method

15 mins prep30 mins cook45 mins total

Peel the turnips and cut them into even 2cm rounds so they cook at the same rate.
Put the turnips, dashi stock, soy sauce, mirin, sugar, and sliced ginger in a saucepan.
Bring the broth to a gentle simmer, cover, and cook for 25 to 30 minutes until the turnips are tender and almost translucent.
Remove the lid and simmer for a few minutes if needed to concentrate the broth, then taste and adjust the seasoning.
Transfer the turnips with some broth to serving bowls and scatter over the sliced spring onions.

About this recipe

Turnips are gently simmered in dashi until tender and translucent, taking on a clean, savoury sweetness from soy, mirin, and ginger.

Serve this simple Japanese side dish warm, finished with sliced spring onions.