Pacific Saury (or Mackerel) with a Spicy Sauce - An Elegant Light-Colored Dish Using Shiro-Dashi
- 4 Pacific Saury or Mackerel
- 1 medium Onion
- 2 Green peppers
- 1/2 Sweet Peppers (any color)
- 5 cm Carrot
- 1 dash Salt and pepper
- 1 Plain flour
- 1 tbsp Soy sauce
- 3 tbsp Shiro Dashi
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp Mirin
- 100 ml Vinegar
- 150 ml Water
- Thinly slice the onion, peel the carrot and cut into thin strips.
- Also slice the green and colorful peppers into thin strips.
- (I used 1/2 red onion and 1/2 white onion this time.)
- (Nanban Vinegar Sauce) Put all of the nanban sauce ingredients into a pot and turn on the heat.
- Once it begins to boil, stop the heat.
- Place half of the cut vegetables into a flat pan or tray.
- Pour on 1/3 of the nanban vinegar sauce.
- Chill the remaining 2/3 of the sauce.
- Filet the saury or mackerel into 3 slices and use scissors to cut into bite-sized pieces.
- (It's easy if you buy fish that are already de-boned and opened)
- Dry off the excess moisture from the fish and lightly season both sides with salt and pepper.
- Coat the fish with flour.
- Heat a large amount of oil in the frying pan.
- Shake off the excess powder from the fish and line them in the pan to fry.
- Once both sides have crisply browned, lightly wipe off the excess oil and place onto Step 3 while still hot.
- (If you can't fry all of the fish in one go, you can divide into 2 batches)
- Cover the fish with the remaining vegetables and pour over the remaining sauce.
- Tilt the tray so that the sauce can coat everything completely.
- Chill in the refrigerator for several hours to allow the flavors to blend in thoroughly and then it's done.
- I used this shiro-dashi which is a 1:7 ratio with udon sauce.
- The concentration differs depending on the brand, so adjust accordingly.
mackerel, onion, green peppers, sweet peppers, carrot, salt, flour, soy sauce, shiro dashi, sugar, mirin, vinegar, water
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/170668-pacific-saury-or-mackerel-with-a-spicy-sauce-an-elegant-light-colored-dish-using-shiro-dashi (may not work)