Easy Bamboo Shoot Recipes

One of my favorite Japanese cooking teachers is Yukiko Hayashi, better known as Gout Sensei (from the French gout for taste). She is a prolific cookbook author and often appears in Japanese media, both television and magazines. Her blog is also filled with juicy tidbits of her creations, dining out, and she is passionate about soba so lots of good tips on soba restaurants throughout the country.

Recently she posted some bamboo shoot recipes that not only looked delicious but simple. Here is her post (in Japanese, but with great photos).

http://gout.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2011/05/post-74d9.html





The first recipe was miso soup with shaved bamboo shoots and wakame. Refreshing and light.



This was our hands down favorite. Bamboo shoots sauteed in butter and then at the last minute finished with some soy sauce. Great with a bowl of hot rice.




This simple bamboo shoot was dressed with ume-mayo or mayonnaise with umeboshi paste. I took some soft umeboshi and mashed the meat into a paste and mixed with Japanese mayonnaise. Then simply tossed in some bite-size bamboo shoots.



Did not have the energy to make her fourth recipe, tempura. Look how delicious hers is!