Japanese

Oshitashi (Blanched Spinach with Dashi)

Name: Oshitashi (Blanched Spinach with Dashi)
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 6 cups baby spinach; 1/2 cup dashi stock; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp katsuobushi

Tomoko @tomoko_osaka

Oshitashi (Blanched Spinach with Dashi) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at lunch, dinner, and breakfast. 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 High fiber Pescatarian Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

6 cups baby spinach
1/2 cup dashi stock
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp katsuobushi

How to cook it

Blanch the spinach until just wilted, about 30 seconds, then drain and rinse under cold water.
Squeeze dry and cut into short lengths.
Soak the spinach in the dashi and soy sauce for 5 minutes.
Lift out, letting excess liquid drip off, and top with a pinch of katsuobushi.

Watch how to cook Oshitashi (Blanched Spinach with Dashi)

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

ほうれん草のおひたしの作り方 - 使えるレシピ Play the video

Serve it with

A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Oshitashi (Blanched Spinach with Dashi), 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. Oshitashi (Blanched Spinach with Dashi) carries gluten, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Oshitashi (Blanched Spinach with Dashi)
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	Yes	Horenso no Goma-ae (Spinach with Sesame Dressing)
Sesame	No
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: 20 kcal
Protein: 2 g
Carbs: 2 g
Fat: 0 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 250 mg
Saturated fat: 0 g

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

When to cook it

Oshitashi (Blanched Spinach with Dashi) takes about 10 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch, dinner, and breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.