Recipe
"Fried Mackerel with Miso Sesame Sauce" (encore)
- Ingredients (Serves 4)
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* 1 fillets mackerel
* 1/2 Japanese leek
* 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
* 1/2 tbsp sake
* 1/2 tbsp grated ginger
Ingredients for miso and sesame sauce
* 1+1/2 tbsp sugar
* 2 tbsp soy sauce
* 2 tbsp mirin sweet cooking sake
* 5 tbsp ground sesame seeds
* 1 tbsp miso
* 1 tbsp sake
* 2 tbsp finely chopped Japanese leek
* 1 tsp finely chopped garlic
* 1 tsp finely chopped ginger
* 1 chopped red chill pepper
1. Cut the mackerel diagonally into 2-cm wide pieces.
2. Toss them in the soy sauce and sake. Squeeze the grated ginger.
Marinate the mackerel for 5 to 10 minutes until it has absorbed almost all of the marinade.
3. Cut the Japanese leek into 5-cm pieces.
Make a vertical cut down the center, but not to do deeply. Remove the core.
Spread out the leek. Lay it neatly and cut it into juliennes.
Soak the juliennes in water for 5 to 10 minutes.
Drain them well just before serving.
4. Combine the sesame paste, sugar, soy sauce, mirin, ground sesame seeds and miso to make the miso and sesame sauce.
5. Cover the mackerel pieces with potato starch and deep-fry them.
6. Toss the mackerel in the miso and sesame sauce.
