Japan

Sawara no Nitsuke

Name: Sawara no Nitsuke
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 2 Spanish mackerel fillets (sawara); 3 tbsp Soy sauce; 2 tbsp each Mirin & sake; 1 tbsp Sugar; 1 piece Ginger; 100 ml Water

Spanish mackerel simmered in sweet soy

Sawara no nitsuke is a Japanese preparation in which Spanish mackerel is gently simmered in a sweet soy sauce.

Ginger softens the fishy taste while mirin and sake give the sauce its sheen.

Servings2

Time25 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Spanish mackerel fillets (sawara)2
Soy sauce3 tbsp
Mirin & sake2 tbsp each
Sugar1 tbsp
Ginger1 piece
Water100 ml

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Bring soy sauce, mirin, sake, sugar and water to a boil.
Add sliced ginger.
Lay in the fish fillets.
Simmer gently with a lid, spooning sauce over.
Cook until the sauce is slightly thickened.

Make it original

Mirin and sake are in the Asia Boutique.

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