How To Prepare Grilled Miso Vegetables ?

Preparation:  

Preparation time: 5 mins

Cooking time: 1 min

Serving: 4

Ingredients:

• 12 baby (Dutch) carrots, scrubbed
• 12 thin asparagus spears (about 2 bunches), woody ends trimmed
• 2 tablespoons white (shiro) miso paste
• 2 teaspoons caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons mirin
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil

Instructions:

1. Trim the carrot stalks neatly, then cook carrots in simmering salted water for 1 minute. Add asparagus and cook for a further minute or until just tender. Drain.
2. Whisk the miso paste, sugar, soy, mirin and oil in a bowl. Toss the carrots and asparagus in the miso dressing, then place on a chargrill over high heat (reserving remaining dressing). Cook vegetables for 1 minute, turning halfway to mark well.
3. Serve the chargrilled vegetables topped with the remaining miso dressing.