Stir Fried Japanese Spinach (Komatsuna) with Tuna

This Japanese spinach is grown in Yorkshire, and you can buy it in Lidl. Its taste is uniquely komatsuna.

Recipe By: cookbuzz (https://cookbuzz.com/kitchen/454)
Serves 2 Cook: 10 min

Ingredients

Komatsuna spinach 100g
Small tinned tuna (in brine) 1
Chestnuts mushrooms 6-7
Soy sauce 2 tsp
Ginger (grated) 1.5 tsp
Sake (white wine) 1 tsp
Vegetable oil 1 tsp

Method

1
This is komatsuna (Japanese spinach), sold at Lidl. It's about 10cm high, tiny and cute.
2
Divide the komatsuna into stems and leaves. Drain the brine from the tuna and slice the mushrooms. Mix the soy sauce, ginger and sake to make a sauce.
3
Put the vegetable oil in a frying pan and heat on high. Stir fry the stem parts of the komatsuna for 1 minute, then add the mushrooms.
4
When the mushrooms have softened, add the komatsuna leaves, the flaked tuna, and the sauce from Step 2. Fry for 2 minutes to finish off.

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Stir Fried Japanese Spinach (Komatsuna) with Tuna

This Japanese spinach is grown in Yorkshire, and you can buy it in Lidl. Its taste is uniquely komatsuna.

Recipe By: cookbuzz (https://cookbuzz.com/kitchen/454)

Serves 2

Cook: 10 min

Ingredients

Komatsuna spinach 100g
Small tinned tuna (in brine) 1
Chestnuts mushrooms 6-7
Soy sauce 2 tsp
Ginger (grated) 1.5 tsp
Sake (white wine) 1 tsp
Vegetable oil 1 tsp

Stir Fried Japanese Spinach (Komatsuna) with Tuna

Recipe ID :2544 Posted on 27 MAR 2017

Serves 2

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This Japanese spinach is grown in Yorkshire, and you can buy it in Lidl. Its taste is uniquely komatsuna.

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10min
1
This is komatsuna (Japanese spinach), sold at Lidl. It's about 10cm high, tiny and cute.
2
Divide the komatsuna into stems and leaves. Drain the brine from the tuna and slice the mushrooms. Mix the soy sauce, ginger and sake to make a sauce.
3
Put the vegetable oil in a frying pan and heat on high. Stir fry the stem parts of the komatsuna for 1 minute, then add the mushrooms.
4
When the mushrooms have softened, add the komatsuna leaves, the flaked tuna, and the sauce from Step 2. Fry for 2 minutes to finish off.
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