Japanese

Moyashi no Namuru (Bean Sprout Salad with Sesame and Garlic)

Name: Moyashi no Namuru (Bean Sprout Salad with Sesame and Garlic)
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4 cups bean sprouts; 1 tbsp sesame oil; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 garlic cloves; 1 scallions; 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds

Kenji @kenji_notebook

Moyashi no Namuru (Bean Sprout Salad with Sesame and Garlic) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

10 min Easy Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 cups bean sprouts
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 garlic cloves
1 scallions
1 tsp toasted sesame seeds

How to cook it

Blanch the bean sprouts in boiling water until just tender, about 1 minute, then drain well.
Toss the sprouts while still warm with the sesame oil, soy sauce, and minced garlic.
Scatter with sliced scallions and sesame seeds before serving.

Watch how to cook Moyashi no Namuru (Bean Sprout Salad with Sesame and Garlic)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Moyashi no Namuru (Bean Sprout Salad with Sesame and Garlic), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Buri Daikon (Yellowtail and Daikon Simmer)
  
  30 min
Something to sip
- Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
  
  15 min
What it is eaten with
- Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
  
  45 min
The sharp little thing
- Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
  
  2 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Moyashi no Namuru (Bean Sprout Salad with Sesame and Garlic) carries gluten, soy, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Moyashi no Namuru (Bean Sprout Salad with Sesame and Garlic)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Ninjin Shirishiri (Carrot and Egg Stir-Fry with Tuna)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	Yes	Ninjin Shirishiri (Carrot and Egg Stir-Fry with Tuna)
Fish	No
Sesame	Yes	Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 60 kcal
Protein: 2 g
Carbs: 5 g
Fat: 4 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 230 mg
Saturated fat: 1 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Moyashi no Namuru (Bean Sprout Salad with Sesame and Garlic) takes about 10 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.