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金平 (きんぴら, Kinpira) is Kinpira — a Japanese food (ways of food preparation).
What is Kinpira?
Kinpira is a cooking style that can be summarized as "sauté and simmer". It is commonly used to cook root vegetables such as carrot, burdock (to make kinpira gobo ) and lotus root, seaweeds such as arame and hijiki and other foods including tofu, wheat gluten ( namafu ), and even meat, including chicken, pork, and beef. The dish features the use of soy sauce and mirin . Slivered chili peppers are another common addition. The picture shows a celery kinpira dish.