Tokyo Turnips Recipes

TOKYO TURNIPS

Steps:

• Separate turnips and greens. Rinse turnips and wash greens. Remove any yellow or damaged leaves and discard. Quarter both turnips and greens.
• Place a steamer basket in a saucepan with a tight-fitting lid; add enough water so that it reaches a depth of about 1/2 inch. Bring water to a boil over high heat. Add turnips and greens to steamer basket, cover, and cook until tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Serve with desired toppings.

HAKUREI TURNIPS: EASY JAPANESE TURNIP RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the air fryer to 350 degrees F (176 degrees C), or preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (204 degrees C).
• Toss the Hakurei turnips with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
• To cook Japanese turnips in the air fryer: Place the halved or quartered turnips in a single layer in the air fryer basket. (You may have to cook them in batches depending on the size of your air fryer.) Cook for 10 minutes, tossing halfway.To cook Japanese turnips in the oven: Arrange the halved or quartered turnips in a single layer on a sheet pan. Roast in the oven for about 15 minutes, tossing halfway.
• Meanwhile, prepare the dressing. In a small bowl, whisk together all the dressing ingredients, until combined.
• Serve Hakurei turnips with the miso dressing.

JAPANESE TURNIPS WITH MISO

Steps:

• Stir together miso and 2 tablespoon butter.
• Discard turnip stems and coarsely chop leaves. Halve turnips (leave whole if tiny) and put in a 12-inch heavy skillet along with water, mirin, remaining tablespoon butter, and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then boil, covered, 10 minutes.
• Add greens by handfuls, turning and stirring with tongs and adding more as volume in skillet reduces. Cover and cook 1 minute. Uncover and continue boiling, stirring occasionally, until turnips are tender and liquid is reduced to a glaze, about 5 minutes. Stir in miso butter and cook 1 minute.

ROASTED TURNIPS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 400 F. While the oven heats, trim and peel the turnips. Tender baby turnips can be simply scrubbed instead of peeled, but their peel will still be a bit more fibrous than the tender insides. Leave baby turnips whole; cut bigger ones into 1-inch pieces.
• Put the prepared turnips in a baking pan or on a baking sheet. Drizzle them with olive oil. Use your hands or 2 large spoons to toss the turnips around a bit to coat them thoroughly with the oil. Sprinkle them with salt.
• Roast the turnips until they're tender and browned. Start checking them after about 30 minutes. Depending on their size and age, it may take up to an hour or more to become completely tender. Sprinkle with more salt and pepper, if you'd like, and serve.

STEAMED TOKYO TURNIPS

Steps:

• Tokyo turnips are a beautiful all-white variety that are sweet tasting and mildly spicy. When harvested young, about 1 inch in diameter, the smooth skins are thin and delicate and don't need to be peeled. At that stage, the greens are tender and small, and both turnips and greens are good for steaming. If the greens and turnips are in pristine condition, they are very good steamed whole with the greens attached. Otherwise, separate the turnips and greens, leaving an inch or so of the pale green stalks at the top of the turnips. Rinse the turnips well to remove any grit in the stalks, and leave them whole or cut into halves or quarters. Wash the greens and discard any yellow or damaged leaves. Place a steamer basket in a saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, pour in water to a depth of half an inch or so, and heat the water to boiling. Add the turnips and greens to the basket, cover the pan, and cook until just tender, 5 to 8 minutes, depending on their size. They are delicious eaten with nothing more than a little salt and butter or a drizzle of olive oil, or with a dash of vinegar or soy sauce, or a squeeze of lemon juice.