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Simmered flounder with miso soup (Karei no nitsuke)

Simmered flounder with miso soup (Karei no nitsuke)

Tender flatfish simmered with leek, served with sesame green beans and a daikon and fried-tofu miso soup.

30 min
in total
4
people
500
calories per serving

In one serving

40 g
Protein
66 g
Carbs
5 g
Fat

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Ingredients

4
  • 600 g
    Common dab
  • 800 ml
    Water
  • 60 ml
    Sake or rice alcohol
  • 40 ml
    mirin
  • 50 ml
    soy sauce
  • 14 g
    Sugar
  • 20 g
    Fresh ginger
  • 100 g
    Leek
  • 250 g
    Green bean
  • 10 g
    sesame seeds
  • 6 g
    kombu seaweed
  • 9 g
    bonito flakes
  • 150 g
    Daikon radish
  • 40 g
    Aburaage (fried tofu)
  • 30 g
    miso paste
  • 260 g
    Japanese short-grain rice (Koshihikari)

Allergens

fishsoyglutensesame
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Instructions

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  1. Score the fish skin and pour boiling water over it. Cut the leek into lengths and slice the ginger.

  2. Bring water, sake, mirin, sugar, soy sauce and ginger to the boil, add fish and leek, cover with a drop lid and simmer 10 minutes, basting.

  3. Boil the green beans, cut them and toss with ground sesame, soy and a pinch of sugar.

  4. Make the dashi, cook the daikon strips and aburaage in it, turn off the heat and stir in the miso. Serve with rice.

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Chef's tips

  • •Flatfish is thin, so don't overcook it; spoon the sauce over rather than drinking it all.

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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