Japan

Buri Daikon

Name: Buri Daikon
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 400 g Yellowtail (buri, in pieces); 500 g Daikon radish; 3 tbsp Soy sauce; 2 tbsp each Sake & mirin; 1 piece Ginger; 1 tbsp Sugar

Simmered yellowtail with radish

Buri daikon is a wintry simmered dish from Japan: fatty yellowtail (buri) and radish (daikon) simmered in a soy broth.

The radish soaks up the savoury fish flavour and turns butter-soft - a warming home dish of the cold season.

Servings3

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Yellowtail (buri, in pieces)400 g
Daikon radish500 g
Soy sauce3 tbsp
Sake & mirin2 tbsp each
Ginger1 piece
Sugar1 tbsp

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Cut the radish into thick slices, pre-cook.
Briefly pour hot water over the fish (removes odour).
Set up with sake, mirin, soy sauce and ginger.
Simmer radish and fish together until tender.
Reduce the sauce until glossy, serve.

Make it original

Mirin and soy sauce for buri daikon are in the Asia Boutique.

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