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시금치나물Sigeumchi-namul

Spinach blanched and dressed with sesame oil, soy and sesame seeds.

  • Prep5 min
  • Cook2 min
  • Total7 min
  • LevelEasy

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Sigeumchi-namul
Photo: Hyeon-Jeong Suk · CC BY 2.0

Ingredients

Serves4
  • 300 gspinach 시금치
  • 1 tspsoup soy sauce or 1/2 tsp salt 국간장
  • ½ tspminced garlic 다진 마늘
  • 1 tbspsesame oil 참기름
  • 1 tsptoasted sesame seeds 통깨

Method

  1. Wash the spinach well; keep the roots on if they are clean, as they are sweet.
  2. Blanch in salted boiling water for 30 seconds, then plunge into cold water.
  3. Squeeze out as much water as you can with your hands and cut into 5 cm lengths.
  4. Toss with the soy sauce, garlic, sesame oil and seeds, gently, by hand.

Cook's note

Season with your fingertips, not a spoon; Koreans call it son-mat, the taste of the hand.