Steamed Potato with Butter and Umami
Looking for a new idea for an easy and yummy potato recipe? Prepare only three ingredients and just microwave potatoes for 5 minutes! Using MSG enhances the flavor of potato and butter which brings the best thing: you don’t need to add any salt.
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Recipe provided by AJINOMOTO CO., INC
Ingredients
- 2 potato
- Butter
- 1/2 tsp AJI-NO-MOTO® (MSG)
Directions
Wash the potatoes well, lightly drain them and wrap them in a wrap over skin. In the microwave oven, heat for about 5 minutes until a bamboo skewer passes quickly into potatoes.
Remove the wrap in a bowl, cross cut at the top of the potato, and put butter and AJI-NO-MOTO®..
Umami comes from...
Potatoes
Glutamate: 30-100mg/100g
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