Hijiki No Nimono Recipe

A recipe of healthy food popular in japan. A classic Japanese side dish, Hijiki Seaweed Salad features a type of wild seaweed that is highly nutritious. It is simmered together with a myriad of vegetables in a savory dashi broth. The result is so full of flavor and perfect for meal prep. Resembling dried tea leaves but lengthier, hijiki is a type of wild seaweed that grows on rocky coastlines around Japan, Korea, and China. It has a sweet, clean taste and mushroom-like quality. In Japan, we often enjoy it as Hijiki No Nimono which translates to ‘simmered hijiki’.