Japanese Style Fish

"Tomoko and I cooked this last night from a written in Japanese cookbook. This is my version of how it happened!!!"
 
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photo by The Flying Chef photo by The Flying Chef
photo by The Flying Chef
photo by The Flying Chef photo by The Flying Chef
Ready In:
26mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
4
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ingredients

  • 4 firm white fish fillets, about 180 g each
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • cornstarch, for dusting fish
  • 1 small onion, finely julienned
  • 1 small carrot, cut into matchstick sized pieces
  • 34 cup dashi, made up to the directions on your packet (would be "OK") or 3/4 cup chicken stock (would be "OK")
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon sake
  • 2 12 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch, mixed with
  • 12 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons finely sliced green onions
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directions

  • Dust the dish in the cornstarch, shaking off any excess.
  • Heat the oil in a large heavy based frypan, and cook your fish fillets until done.
  • We used very thick fillets last night, and it took about 10 minutes.
  • When the fish is done, remove to a warm plate, increase the heat in the pan and add the carrot and onion.
  • Cook for a couple of minutes, before adding the dashi, sugar, sake and soy.
  • Cook this mix for another 2 minutes, then add the cornflour/water mix to the pan along with the veg mix and cook until this has thickened-about another 2 minutes.
  • Serve this sauce over the fish fillets, and garnish with a little sliced green onion.

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Reviews

  1. Outstanding, wonderful flavours, it was amazing. OK so I have bigged it up but it was delicious, simple quick and easy with awesome flavour. I made this with some sea bass I had and my god will this definitely become a once a week affair in our house, maybe not sea bass all the time but what ever white fish happens to be on special that week. I served mine with tempura vegetables amd a dipping sauce. (for the veg) It was wonderful and the tempura was a perfect accompaniment to this dish. Thanks for sharing. On a personal note have made several of Jan's dishes and have not been dissapointed yet so would really recomend trying any of her recipes.
     
  2. Interestingly one of my daughters said that this would be better with chicken instead of fish... hm.. maybe I will try that soon. Flavor of fish itself was somewhat on the blandish side, so I will add salt to the cornstarch next time. Sauce was very nice. Thank you for posting.
     
  3. I did not care for this dish. There wasn't enough flavor - i think some extra soy sauce would have helped and maybe adding some chile.
     
  4. This recipe was great! My roommates loved it and the sauce smelled so delicious. We actually used Perch and it still was really good. We will definitely be making it again because it was so easy! Thanks!
     
  5. I tried this recipe last night and it was delicious. I used red snapper and marinated it for 30 minutes in soy sauce and ginger before cooking. I would definitely make this recipe again. It was easy and very good.
     
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  1. Interestingly one of my daughters said that this would be better with chicken instead of fish... hm.. maybe I will try that soon. Flavor of fish itself was somewhat on the blandish side, so I will add salt to the cornstarch next time. Sauce was very nice. Thank you for posting.
     

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