Farmer's Recipe: Bamboo Sprout Menma

Ingredients

• 300 grams Bamboo shoot (boiled)
• 1/2 tbsp Mirin
• 1 tbsp Sesame oil
• 1 dash Ra-yu
• 200 ml Chinese soup stock
• 1 1/2 tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 tbsp Sake
• 1/2 tbsp Sugar

Instructions

1. Cut the tops of the bamboo shoots in wedges and slice the bottoms into 5 mm, then into matchsticks about 1 cm wide (like commercial menma).
2. Pour sesame seed oil into a pot and stir-fry the bamboo shoots for a minute.
3. Add the [A] condiments.
4. Once the liquids have almost evaporated, pour in the mirin, and turn off the heat once the liquids have evaporated.
5. Drizzle in the ra-yu, toss, and it's done.
6. Enjoy once cooled.