Sesame-Tobanjan Kabocha Finish

Name: Sesame-Tobanjan Kabocha Finish
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about ½ cup (100 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 tbsp sake (30 ml) Sake; 1/4 cup water (60 ml) Water; 2 tbsp black / raw brown sugar (30 ml) Brown Sugar; 1½ tsp soy (7.5 ml) Soy Sauce; ½ tsp sea salt (2.5 ml) Salt; 1 tsp toasted sesame oil (5 ml) Sesame Oil; ½ tsp tobanjan (2.5 ml) Tobanjan

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Kyle Connaughton recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Kyle Connaughton.

BRAISING SAUCE · BRAISED KABOCHA SQUASH

In the published recipe, this is the braising sauce for braised spicy pumpkin (kabocha).

Kyle Connaughton's sesame-tobanjan finish for kabocha.

On the jar

SESAMETOBANJ

Method: shake
Yield: about ½ cup
Ingredients: 7
Jar batch: 2.5× recipe

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Ratio

WATER 60 mlSAKE 30 mlSOY SAUCE 8 mlSESAME OIL 5 ml

Ingredients

Sake2 tbsp sake (30 ml)
Water1/4 cup water (60 ml)
Brown Sugar2 tbsp black / raw brown sugar (30 ml)
Soy Sauce1½ tsp soy (7.5 ml)
Salt½ tsp sea salt (2.5 ml)
Sesame Oil1 tsp toasted sesame oil (5 ml)
Tobanjan½ tsp tobanjan (2.5 ml)

Where it sits

One of 161 pan sauces in the catalog, with 7 ingredients against a median of 6.

The fat here is sesame oil. In this category chefs also reach for butter (30 recipes) and olive oil (23).

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): WATER, SAKE, SOY SAUCE, SESAME OIL.
Season to finish: BROWN SUGAR (to taste), SALT (about 1 tsp), TOBANJAN (about 1 tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Kyle Connaughton. Japanese / Californian. Cited awards include: Michelin 3* (SingleThread, Healdsburg).

Originally published as Sesame–Tobanjan Kabocha Finish.

Adapted from a Kyle Connaughton recipe (Kyle Connaughton / Farm to Pantry (braised spicy pumpkin)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 2.5× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Kyle Connaughton / Farm to Pantry (braised spicy pumpkin) (published as “Sesame–Tobanjan Kabocha Finish”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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