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{{short description|Japanese cooking style}}

{{Infobox prepared food
| name             = ''Kinpira''
| image            = Kinpira 002.jpg
| image_size       = 300px
| caption          = ''Kinpira''
| alternate_name   = 
| country          = [[Japan]]
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| creator          = 
| course           = [[Side dish]]
| type             = 
| served           = 
| main_ingredient  = [[Arctium lappa|Burdock]], [[carrot]], [[lotus root]], [[celery]], ''[[kabocha]]'', ''[[Aralia cordata|udo]]'', [[soy sauce]], ''[[mirin]]''
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}}

{{Nihongo|'''Kinpira'''|[[wikt:金平|金平]]|}} is a [[Japanese cuisine|Japanese]] [[side dish]], usually made of [[root vegetables]] that have been [[sautéeing|sautéed]] and simmered.<ref name=spruce>{{cite web|url=https://www.thespruceeats.com/kinpira-gobo-recipe-2031655|title=Make Kinpira Gobo|date=2021-08-01|publisher=The Spruce Eats|last=Yoshizuka|first=Setsuko|access-date=2022-04-17}}</ref> The most common variety is ''kinpira gobō'', or braised [[Arctium lappa|burdock root]].<ref name=chopstick>{{cite web|url=https://www.chopstickchronicles.com/kinpira-gobo-braised-burdock-root/|title=Kinpira Gobo braised burdock root|date=2019-12-20|publisher=Chopstick Chronicles|author=Shihoko|access-date=2022-04-17}}</ref> Other vegetables used include [[carrot]]s, [[lotus root]];<ref name=spruce/><ref name=chopstick/> skins of [[Cucurbita|squash]] such as ''[[kabocha]]'', mushrooms, [[broccoli]], or wild ''[[Reynoutria japonica|itadori]]'' (Japanese knotweed) stems;<ref name=tokyo/><ref name=miwa>{{cite web|url=https://www.shinagawa-japanese-cooking.com/post/vegan-kinpira-onigirazu|title=VEGAN KINPIRA ONIGIRAZU|date=2022-02-05|publisher=Miwa's Japanese Cooking|access-date=2022-04-17}}</ref> and [[seaweed]]s such as ''[[arame]]'' and ''[[hijiki]]''.<ref name=miwa/> Other foods including [[tofu]], [[capsicums]], [[wheat gluten (food)|wheat gluten]] (''namafu''); [[chicken (food)|chicken thigh]], [[pork]], and [[beef]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://norecipes.com/kinpira-gobo-recipe/|title=KINPIRA GOBO WITH CHICKEN|date=n.d.|publisher=No Recipes|access-date=2022-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justonecookbook.com/kinpira-gobo-braised-burdock-root/|title=Kinpira Gobo (Braised Burdock Root) (Video) きんぴらごぼう|date=2022-01-20|publisher=Just One Cookbook|last=Chen|first=Namiko|access-date=2022-04-17}}</ref> 

The simmering sauce is made up of [[Soy sauce#Japanese|soy sauce]], [[mirin]], sugar, and [[chili pepper]]s.<ref name=chopstick/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/kinpira|title=Technique: Kinpira|date=n.d.|publisher=Taste Atlas|access-date=2022-04-17}}</ref>

== Name ==
Kinpira is named after the son of [[Kintarō]], a [[Japanese folklore|Japanese]] folk hero.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tabemonomadness.com/kinpira-gobo/|title=Kinpira Gobo (Japanese style stir-fried burdock root with carrot, きんぴらごぼう)|date=2021-04-10|publisher=Tabemono Madness|access-date=2022-04-17}}</ref><ref name=tokyo>{{cite web|url=https://www.tastytokyotimes.com/ginger-kinpira-with-mushrooms/|title=Ginger Kinpira with Mushrooms|date=2020-07-14|publisher=Tasty Tokyo Times|access-date=2022-04-17|archive-date=2020-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217024653/https://www.tastytokyotimes.com/ginger-kinpira-with-mushrooms/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Gallery==
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File:低消小菜 (11306128414).jpg|''Kinpira [[Arctium lappa|gobō]]'' (burdock root)
File:Burdockgobo.jpg|Burdock root
File:伏見の一位IMG 20220310 09.jpg|''[[Aralia cordata|Udo]]'' and [[carrot]]s
File:Celery Kinpira.jpg|[[Celery]]
</gallery>

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