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Amadai Kenchin-yaki Stuffed Red Tilefish

Name: Amadai Kenchin-yaki Stuffed Red Tilefish
Total time: 2 h 32 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 block firm tofu (about 300 g); ½ carrot, scraped; 12 ginkgo nuts, shelled (or 3 tbsp green peas); 1 medium burdock root (gobo), scrubbed; 3 large dried wood-ear (cloud-ear) mushrooms; 1 tbsp neutral vegetable oil, plus a little for the foil; 5 eggs, beaten; ½ tsp salt; 340 g red tilefish (amadai) fillet, skin on, in one piece (or sea bream); 1 tbsp cornstarch; 60 ml mirin; 60 ml dark (koikuchi) soy sauce; 4 pink pickled ginger shoots (hajikami); 1 lemon, cut into wedges

A butterflied tilefish fillet packed with kenchin, a soft scramble of pressed tofu, egg, burdock, carrot, ginkgo and wood-ear, baked in a foil tray and glazed with mirin and soy. Sliced to show the stuffing.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on1 h 5 min
Total2 h 32 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

kenchin stuffing

1block firm tofu (about 300 g)
½carrot, scraped
12ginkgo nuts, shelled (or 3 tbsp green peas)
1medium burdock root (gobo), scrubbed
3large dried wood-ear (cloud-ear) mushrooms
1 tbspneutral vegetable oil, plus a little for the foil
5eggs, beaten
½ tspsalt

fish

340 gred tilefish (amadai) fillet, skin on, in one piece (or sea bream)
1 tbspcornstarch

glaze

60 mlmirin
60 mldark (koikuchi) soy sauce

garnish

4pink pickled ginger shoots (hajikami)
1lemon, cut into wedges

Diet

Pescatarian

Contains

Gluten
Egg
Tree nuts
Soy
Fish
Sulfites
Birds' eggs (any)
Ginkgo nut
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Rice
Citrus fruits (any)
Lemon
Cabbage family (any)
Carrot
Burdock root
Ginger
Mushrooms (any)
Wood ear and cloud ear
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Bitter
Richness / fat
Smoke
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Tender-braised

Equipment

Oven
Stovetop

Season

Fall
Winter

Occasion

Weekend project
Entertaining

Effort

45–90 min active
Over 3 hours total
Difficulty 3
Needs advance prep

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: high
Carbs: high
Fat: moderate
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: high

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