kinpira

{{short description|Japanese cooking style}}

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| name = Kinpira

| image = Kinpira 002.jpg

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| caption = Kinpira

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| country = Japan

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| course = Side dish

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| main_ingredient = Burdock, carrot, lotus root, celery, kabocha, udo, soy sauce, mirin

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{{Nihongo|Kinpira|金平|}} is a Japanese side dish, usually made of root vegetables that have been sautéed and simmered.{{cite web|url=https://www.thespruceeats.com/kinpira-gobo-recipe-2031655|title=Make Kinpira Gobo|date=2021-08-01|publisher=The Spruce Eats|last=Yoshizuka|first=Setsuko|access-date=2022-04-17}} The most common variety is kinpira gobō, or braised burdock root.{{cite web|url=https://www.chopstickchronicles.com/kinpira-gobo-braised-burdock-root/|title=Kinpira Gobo braised burdock root|date=2019-12-20|publisher=Chopstick Chronicles|author=Shihoko|access-date=2022-04-17}} Other vegetables used include carrots, lotus root; skins of squash such as kabocha, mushrooms or broccoli;{{cite web|url=https://www.shinagawa-japanese-cooking.com/post/vegan-kinpira-onigirazu|title=VEGAN KINPIRA ONIGIRAZU|date=2022-02-05|publisher=Miwa's Japanese Cooking|access-date=2022-04-17}} and seaweeds such as arame and hijiki. Other foods including tofu, capsicums, wheat gluten (namafu); chicken thigh, pork, and beef.{{cite web|url=https://norecipes.com/kinpira-gobo-recipe/|title=KINPIRA GOBO WITH CHICKEN|date=n.d.|publisher=No Recipes|access-date=2022-04-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.justonecookbook.com/kinpira-gobo-braised-burdock-root/|title=Kinpira Gobo (Braised Burdock Root) (Video) きんぴらごぼう|date=2022-01-20|publisher=Just One Cookbook|last=Chen|first=Namiko|access-date=2022-04-17}}

The simmering sauce is made up of soy sauce, mirin, sugar, and chili peppers.{{cite web|url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/kinpira|title=Technique: Kinpira|date=n.d.|publisher=Taste Atlas|access-date=2022-04-17}}