Healthy Cooking Recipes That 'My Family Became Addicted To'. Bamboo Shoot Nukazuke (Rice Bran Pickled) Menma Snacks 🍻 ~How to Enjoy Nukazuke Part 5~

Preface

'I am going to make these boiled bamboo shoots into nukazuke.'

Yes, that is what I declared.

Then my father said vigorously,
'It would be tastier to just eat them with vinegar miso as they are! You fool!'

Without even a moment to be intimidated by the force of his words,
I retorted, 'No! I am going to make these into nukazuke!'

We had a bit of an argument.

It is true that, as my father said, bamboo shoots might be tastier
when eaten with vinegar miso.

However, I decided to push past his opposition
and make them into nukazuke.

I did not know what would happen, but
I think I wanted to believe in the potential of nukazuke.

Setting that aside,
whenever I think of bamboo shoots, I think of menma.

That sweet and salty flavor, that crunchy texture,
the aroma of sesame oil whets the appetite, and you can't stop using your chopsticks.
Just imagining it makes me want to eat it.

If I use bamboo shoots pickled in rice bran,
I might be able to make delicious menma🤔

With a mix of anticipation and anxiety, I take on the challenge of making menma.

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Bamboo shoot nukazuke snack menma recipe

[Ingredients]
Bamboo shoot nukazuke 150g
Water, as needed
Grated ginger, 1 tbsp
Mirin, 2 tbsp
Soy sauce, 2 tsp
Sesame oil, as needed

Take bamboo shoots that have been boiled to remove bitterness and
pickle them in rice bran for 2 days.

Two days after pickling in rice bran.

Wash the bamboo shoots with water and
cut them into thin, long strips like menma🔪

Heat a small amount of oil in a frying pan,
add the nukazuke bamboo shoots and grated ginger,
and stir-fry until they soften slightly.🔥

The wonderful aroma of ginger.

Lower the heat and add enough water to cover the bamboo shoots.💧

Add mirin and simmer until the liquid has evaporated.

The bamboo shoots have absorbed the moisture and become tender.

For aroma,
drizzle in soy sauce and sesame oil, and it's done.✨

When it was piping hot right out of the pan,
it felt like a bamboo shoot stir-fry,
but when I let it cool down and ate it,
to my surprise, it was menma!

My father took a bite.

Regarding how to eat bamboo shoots,
he had been so vocal about his opinions, but he calmly
said this:



"This is zha cai."

…!?

(No, it's menma.)

When my mother took a bite, she said,
"It's more like menma than actual menma, and it's delicious."

…!?



I interpreted this to mean that it had a better texture
than the menma we usually eat, and it tasted more natural and delicious.

Is it so delicious that it leads to mysterious conversations?!

I made menma with bamboo shoot nukazuke and
enjoyed an at-home izakaya 🏮🍶

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I have compiled parts 1-4 of how to enjoy delicious nukazuke
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I hope you find it helpful 🌱