Japanese Turnips with Miso
A delicate Japanese dish featuring tender turnips and their greens glazed with a savory-sweet combination of miso, butter, and mirin. The turnips are braised until tender and finished with a rich miso butter sauce.
Ingredients
- •3 tablespoons white miso
- •3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- •3 pounds Japanese turnips
- •1⅓ cups water
- •2 tablespoons mirin
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Stir together miso and 2 tablespoon butter.
2 min
- 2.
Discard turnip stems and coarsely chop leaves. Halve turnips (leave whole if tiny) and put in a 12-inch heavy skillet along with water, mirin, remaining tablespoon butter, and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then boil, covered, 10 minutes.
15 min
- 3.
Add greens by handfuls, turning and stirring with tongs and adding more as volume in skillet reduces. Cover and cook 1 minute. Uncover and continue boiling, stirring occasionally, until turnips are tender and liquid is reduced to a glaze, about 5 minutes. Stir in miso butter and cook 1 minute.
7 min
