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Salt-grilled Spanish mackerel with simmered hijiki (Sawara no shioyaki, hijiki-ni)

Salt-grilled Spanish mackerel with simmered hijiki (Sawara no shioyaki, hijiki-ni)

An old-fashioned Japanese dinner: grilled Spanish mackerel with a simmer of hijiki seaweed, carrot, fried tofu and edamame.

40 min
total
4
people
466
calories per serving

Per serving

32 g
Protein
63 g
Carbs
9 g
Fat

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Ingredients

4
  • 400 g
    Spanish mackerel
  • 2 g
    Salt
  • 20 g
    Dried Hijiki seaweed
  • 80 g
    Carrot
  • 40 g
    Aburaage (fried tofu)
  • 60 g
    edamame
  • 5 ml
    Rapeseed oil
  • 200 ml
    Water
  • 2 g
    kombu seaweed
  • 3 g
    bonito flakes
  • 20 ml
    soy sauce
  • 20 ml
    mirin
  • 6 g
    Sugar
  • 150 g
    Daikon radish
  • 260 g
    Japanese short-grain rice (Koshihikari)

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Instructions

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  1. Soak the hijiki in plenty of water for 20 minutes and rinse. Cut the carrot into strips, rinse the aburaage with boiling water and slice. Make the dashi.

  2. Stir-fry hijiki and carrot in the oil, add aburaage, dashi, sugar, mirin and soy and simmer 15 minutes until almost dry. Stir in the edamame.

  3. Salt the fish lightly, leave 10 minutes, pat dry and grill 8–10 minutes. Serve with grated daikon, the hijiki and rice.

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Chef's tips

  • •Hijiki-ni keeps 3–4 days in the fridge, so make extra for lunch boxes.

Storage

Keeps for 3 days in an airtight container in the fridge. Reheat gently until piping hot all the way through.

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