Quick Simmered Mackerel With Miso Sauce

Ingredients

4 Saba mackerel fillets (6oz/160g each)
2 Carrots
3 Tbsp Mirin
1 Tbsp Soy Sauce
Generous 1/2 cup Saki
Water
1 generous tsp miso paste
1tbsp Sugar
Mustard to taste
Assorted pickles

Method

1. Cut each fillet in two and pat dry. Make several incisions on the skin side of the fish.

2. Scrub the carrots thoroughly and cut into 2 inch (5 cm) lengths, then slice lengthways about 5 mm thick.

3. In a shallow pan, combine soy sauce, sake, 1 tablespoon of the mirin, and ½ cup water, and bring to a boil. Add fish skin side up in a single layer, and slip carrots in between pieces of fish.

4. Cover pan and simmer over medium-high heat for about 10 minutes basting occasionally.

5. When most of the liquid has evaporated and the fish is cooked through, make the miso sauce in a small bowl by combining and mixing miso paste, sugar, 2 tablespoons of mirin, and ¼ cup water. Add this sauce to the pan and simmer gently for about 3 more minutes basting occasionally. Remove pan from heat.

6. Arrange fish and carrots on individual plates. Briefly reheat the sauce, spoon it over the fish, add a dab of mustard, and serve with steaming sticky Japanese rice and a nice assortment of pickles.

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