Pounded Burdock Root with Sesame Sauce (Tataki Gobo)

Name: Pounded Burdock Root with Sesame Sauce (Tataki Gobo)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 gobo (burdock root) (150 g, 5.3 oz); 4 cups water (for soaking the gobo); 1 tsp rice vinegar (unseasoned) (for soaking the gobo); For the Sesame Sauce:; 2 Tbsp toasted white sesame seeds; 1 Tbsp soy sauce; 1 Tbsp mirin; 1 tsp rice vinegar (unseasoned)

Prep Time

10m

Cook Time

20m

Total Time

30m

This pounded burdock root with sesame sauce, also known as Tataki Gobo, is a Japanese delicacy. The burdock root is soaked in water and rice vinegar, then pounded and served with a delicious sesame sauce made with toasted white sesame seeds, soy sauce, mirin, and rice vinegar. Flavorful and nutritious.

Burdock Root

Gobo

Sesame Sauce