Carrot Kinpira


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 37.3
  • Total Fat: 2.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 96.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 3.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.1 g
  • Protein: 0.7 g

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Introduction

Carrots cut into matchstick size, stir fried in sesame oil until tender-crisp with some red pepper flakes, and finished with a scatter of sesame seeds. Recipe from justbento.com Carrots cut into matchstick size, stir fried in sesame oil until tender-crisp with some red pepper flakes, and finished with a scatter of sesame seeds. Recipe from justbento.com
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    2 medium carrots (or a 10 oz package of carrots cut into matchstick size)
    1 Tbs. dark sesame oil
    a pinch of red pepper flakes (about 1/8 tsp., or more if you want it spicier)
    1 Tbs. soy sauce (or light soy sauce)
    1 tsp. sesame seeds

Directions

Makes 8 lunch-sized servings, or 4 regular meal-sized servings

Recipe from justbento.com

Cut the carrots into matchsticks (unless you bought the carrots pre-shredded into matchstick size).

Heat up a frying pan or wok with the sesame oil. Add the carrots and toss around until crisp-tender, about 4 to 5 minutes depending on how skinny the matchsticks are. Add the red pepper flakes and toss some more. Add soy sauce, toss toss. Add the sesame seeds near the end.

Lasts in the refrigerator for several days.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ELAINEVDW.