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Broccolini With Sesame Sauce and Lemon

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Broccolini With Sesame Sauce and Lemon recipe

This steamed broccolini dressed with a salty-sweet sesame sauce was inspired by gomae, a Japanese spinach dish. It’s a bright and palate-cleansing; a perfect side for heavy winter dinners. You want the water to be heavily salted to properly season the broccolini. Two tablespoons per quart of water is a good rule of thumb.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    8 servings

Ingredients

6

bunches broccolini (about 3 lb. total), trimmed, halved lengthwise

Kosher salt

¼

cup tahini

2

Tbsp. white miso

1

Tbsp. low-sodium soy sauce

1

Tbsp. mirin (sweet Japanese rice wine)

1

Tbsp. unseasoned rice vinegar

1

tsp. toasted sesame oil

4

Tbsp. vegetable or other neutral oil, divided

2

tsp. honey, divided

½

lemon, seeds removed

Toasted sesame seeds (for serving)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Cook broccolini in a large pot of boiling salted water until bright green and crisp-tender, 5–7 minutes. Drain and transfer to paper towels.

    Step 2

    Meanwhile, mix tahini, miso, soy sauce, mirin, vinegar, sesame oil, 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil, 1 tsp. honey, and 2 Tbsp. water in a small bowl to combine; season sesame sauce with salt.

    Step 3

    Cut lemon lengthwise into quarters, then thinly slice crosswise. Toss in a small bowl with remaining 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil and remaining 1 tsp. honey; season lightly with salt.

    Step 4

    Spread sesame sauce on a platter and arrange broccolini on top. Scatter lemon over; sprinkle with sesame seeds.

    Step 5

    Do Ahead: Sesame sauce can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Bring to room temperature before using.

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  • Way too much tahini; and for this to be a side, the flavor really clashes with other recipes, which wasn't great. And to add lemon to an already very acidic sauce was not great.

    • Mahdi M

    • Boston, MA

    • 7/2/2024

  • Sauce was delicious! But boil time was too long it became mushy. Luckily the sauce was so good it saved the dish

    • joanne hinh

    • 5/4/2020

  • Loved this and comes together very quickly. I agree with the other commenter that the boil time was too long for me, I boiled for 5 min and it was pretty mushy. Next time I'll taste test at the 3 min mark and go from there.

    • Julie Lee

    • Seattle, WA

    • 11/30/2019

  • Quick, easy, and delicious. A well rounded recipe.

    • Anonymous

    • 11/25/2019

  • This was really delicious and pretty easy to make. The sauce is highly drinkable. I thought the broccolini turned out a bit mushy but may have boiled a min too long. Next time I’m going to try broiling the broccolini.

    • kristinabronitsky9659

    • Oakland, CA

    • 11/24/2019