Furu-takuan no Nimono (Simmered Aged Pickled Daikon)
Quick answer
- Total time
- 80 min
- Level
- Easy
- Servings
- 12 servings
- Ingredients
- 6
About this dish
Furu-takuan no nimono is a Fukui side dish made from takuan pickled the previous year until salty and sour.
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The aged daikon is sliced to 2mm, boiled repeatedly in fresh water to reduce salt and acidity, then gently simmered in dashi, soy sauce, and mirin. Red chili and white sesame finish a dish served with rice, sake, or ochazuke. Because an edible pickle receives extra work to become a new dish, it is also called zeitaku-ni, or luxurious simmer. Use only sound, properly fermented takuan. Fuzzy mold, sliminess, unusual discoloration, or rotten odor cannot be fixed by boiling and requires disposal.
Instructions
Read the steps as a cooking flow: prep, heat, seasoning, doneness control, and finish.
- 1Step
Inspect the aged takuan in bright light.
If it has only a normal sour pickle aroma with no fuzzy mold, sticky slime, or pink or black discoloration, rinse in cold water.
- 2Control
Slice two takuan evenly into 2mm rounds.
Put in a large pot, cover with cold water by 3cm, and bring to a boil over high heat.
- 3Control
Boil 10 minutes over medium heat and discard all water.
Refill with cold water and repeat twice more, then cool and taste one slice.
- 4Season
If still very salty, soak in cold water for another 30 minutes and drain.
When a slice bends softly between fingers without snapping, spread evenly in a wide pot.
- 5Control
Add 600ml dashi, 67ml soy sauce, and 67ml mirin and bring to a boil.
Cover with a drop lid and simmer 18 to 25 minutes until liquid reduces to one-third and the takuan turns brown.
- 6Finish
Seed and slice the chili to 2mm.
Turn off heat, scatter chili and 2 tablespoons sesame, rest 10 minutes, and serve warm or fully cooled.
Practical Cooking Checks
The cues that matter most while cooking.
- Key technique
- Sound sour takuan aged from the previous year
- Finish cue
- Seed and slice the chili to 2mm.
- Avoid this
- Takuan salt levels vary, so do not increase soy sauce early.
Cooking decision evidence
Calculated Charim data and applicable official food safety guidance.
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80min, 6 ingredients
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