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    Home » Nuts and Starches

    Burdock and Gobo Recipes

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    Burdock (Arctium minus and Arctium lappa) is a well common, wild edible plant most people will know of for it's root. Also known as gobo root, the plant is actually cultivated in Japan and has been used as a food for a long time.

    There's a couple different species, but for all intents and purposes the roots are interchangeable in recipes.

    freshly washed burdock roots or gobo

    Washed and cleaned burdock roots.

    Edible Parts

    Besides the root, burdock flower stalks can be cooked and makes a good vegetable, especially in soup.

    Some people also scrape or peel the petioles, but I find them to be bitter and too much work to bother with when the other parts of the plant are so easy to work with.

     

    • Burdock Yamagobo
    • Burdock Stalks and Carrot Saute
    • Braised Burdock and Wild Mushrooms
    • Burdock Kinpira Gobo
    • Pork Short Rib and Burdock Stew
    • Burdock Flower Stalk Noodles
    • Burdock Flower Stalks
    • Burdock Mashed Potatoes
    • Burdock Flower Stalk and Mushroom Vegetable Soup

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