Ttukdak Hyung's Spinach Muchim

Name: Ttukdak Hyung's Spinach Muchim
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 1 bunch of spinach; some chopped green onion; 1 tbsp soup soy sauce; 1 tbsp sesame oil; some sesame seeds; 0.5 tbsp minced garlic; 0.5 tbsp anchovy fish sauce

A daily side dish of blanched spinach seasoned with salted shrimp sauce and soup soy sauce for deep umami flavor.

🙋 Recommended for

⭐ Those who want a savory and slightly sweet side dish that never gets boring even if eaten daily.
⭐ Those who want to learn a formula for seasoned vegetables using fish sauce instead of salt for deeper umami.

15 min Difficulty Very easy side dish

Main ingredients 🥩

spinachgreen onionsoup soy saucesesame oilsesame seedsgarlicanchovy fish sauce

Tags 🏷️

ultra-simple side dish home cooking

Detailed recipeQuick recipe

Ingredients needed 🛒2 servings

1 bunch of spinach
some chopped green onion
1 tbsp soup soy sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
some sesame seeds
0.5 tbsp minced garlic
0.5 tbsp anchovy fish sauce

Recipe 🍳

Wash the spinach thoroughly, trim the root ends, and separate any clumps.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil, add the spinach, and blanch very briefly until just wilted.
Immediately rinse the blanched spinach in cold water to cool, then squeeze out the excess water by hand.
In a large bowl, fluff the squeezed spinach. Add the chopped green onion, soup soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, minced garlic, and anchovy fish sauce as measured.
Gently toss with your fingertips until the seasoning is evenly distributed, without clumping. Serve.

Lightly blanch spinach in boiling water, rinse in cold water, and squeeze out water.
Add the prepared amounts of chopped green onion, soy sauce, fish sauce, garlic, sesame oil, and sesame seeds, then mix.

Cooking tips 💡

To maintain a crisp texture, blanch spinach in boiling water for about 30 seconds max, avoiding overcooking.
Squeezing too hard makes the spinach tough; squeezing too little makes it watery and bland. Apply moderate pressure.

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