Umeboshi is Japanese pickled plum with great nutrition and is expected to give health and beauty effects. Traditional umeboshi is said to have more nutrition because it is made with the old method and only pickled with natural ingredients like sea salt and sometimes shiso leaves.
Japanese usually eat umeboshi as a side dish with the whole meal. But it is not rare to mix them with recipes. One of the best recipes is adding cut umeboshi into boiled spinach as a vegetable side dish.
This recipe is well-known in the Japanese kitchen, and we want to share this beautiful, delicious, and healthy recipe with you.
Marinated Spinach with Umeboshi Recipe
Marinated Spinach with Umeboshi
Ingredients
- 1 bunch Spinach
- 1 Umeboshi
- 1 teaspoon Shoyu Soy Sauce
- 1 g Katsuobushi Bonito Flakes
Instructions
- Boil the spinach briefly in boiling water. Take it out and expose it to water, and squeeze.
- Cut the boiled spinach into bite-sized pieces.
- Remove the umeboshi seeds and finely chop them.
- Mix umeboshi and soy sauce in a sauce bowl.
- Toss the spinach with umeboshi and soy sauce, then mix in bonito flakes to complete.
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Recommended Umeboshi Product Available on Amazon USA
Red Umeboshi Japanese Pickled Plum 17.6 oz (500g)
Use twice as much shiso as ordinary umeboshi to make the naturally bright crimson color. Made with the traditional and time-consuming methods to make the classic, authentic umeboshi. Particularly delicious with rice, to make sauces or dressings, or to flavor up your meal as a side dish.
No chemical seasonings, no sweeteners, no colorings. 100% Made in Japan.
Organic White Umeboshi Pickled Plum Nanko Ume 17.6 oz (500g)
Traditional-style Japanese salted plums made only from organic plum and sea salt, pickled without shiso leaves which leave a lighter color. Particularly delicious with rice, to make sauces or dressings, or to flavor up your meal as a side dish.
No chemical seasonings, no sweeteners, no colorings. 100% Made in Japan.
Organic White Umeboshi Pickled Plum Nanko Ume 5.3 oz (150g)
Traditional-style Japanese salted plums made only from organic plum and sea salt, pickled without shiso leaves which leave a lighter color. Particularly delicious with rice, to make sauces or dressings, or to flavor up your meal as a side dish.
No chemical seasonings, no sweeteners, no colorings. 100% Made in Japan.
Recommended Umeboshi Product
Recommended Umeboshi Plums (Whole Fruits)
In Kawashima The Japan Store, we have several type of umeboshi plums, include those which has been fermented for 3-4 years. Kindly check your favorite type of Umeboshi Plums below:
To learn more about Sannen Umeboshi (3 Years Fermented Umeboshi), please read the following article:
Recommended Umeboshi Seasoned Paste
You can also fill in your onigiri with umeboshi paste. We recommend you to use this umeboshi paste with several seasonings such as ginger, shoyu, shiso, etc. Kindly check our Umeboshi Seasoned Paste Product below:
Recommended 100% Umeboshi Extract Puree/Paste
We also provide a pure 100% umeboshi extract paste in Kawashima The Japan Store, in case you want a 100% umeboshi filling in your onigiri without any other seasonings. Kindly check the product below:
