BURDOCK-CARROTS-CHICKEN COOKED IN SESAME-PASTE

You need:
For soupe cooking
2 1/2 cup dashi
3 tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. soya
60 g miso paste
2 tbsp. sesame paste ( goma-paste)
2 tbsp. Sake

350 g chicken meat / cut in bite size peaces
2 carrots / peeled and cut
1 burdock/  peeled and cut and placed in cold vinegar water
1 pack konjaku/ sprinkled with salt and pre-boiled
150 g green beans/ washed and tailed/ pre-boiled in salted water
( For cutting see photos)

Step 1
Prepare Konjaku,sprinkle salt on and wipe all over,
then boil in water for 5 min. and cool down in cold water.
Cut and set aside.
Step 2
Prepare carrots and burdock. Place burdock in cold vinegar water
and set aside.
Prepare green beans and boil for 5 min. in salted water and refresh
in cold water. Set aside.
Prepare chicken meat, wash, dry with paper towel and cut.
Step 3
Prepare dashi soupe 2 1/2 cup in a sauce pan big enough to hold
all ingredients.
Let dashi boil for 1-2 min. and place chicken in it.Bring back to a
boil and remove the foam with a spoon.Cook for 3 min.on medium temperature.
Step 4
Remove burdock from vinegar water and rinse with water.
Place with carrots and konjaku into the pan and bring back to a boil.
Remove from heat.
Step 5
In a small bowl mix miso,soya, sake, sugar and sesame paste,spoon some
of the hot soup on to it.Blend well together and pour into the pan from
the center.

Stirring once and bring back to a boil.
Cook open till the vegetable and meat is soft.Add the green beans towards the
end of cooking time just to heat them up.
Serve with rice and a clear soupe and some vinegar-ed vegetable.