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Tara no Age-ni Fried Cod in Broth

Name: Tara no Age-ni Fried Cod in Broth
Total time: 1 h 27 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 675 g cod fillet, skin on (or another firm white-fleshed fish); 30 g plain flour, for dusting; 1½ L neutral vegetable oil, for deep-frying; 450 ml cold water; 6 g kombu, wiped with a damp cloth; 8 g dried bonito flakes (katsuobushi); 4 tbsp mirin; 1 tbsp sugar; 2 tbsp dark (koikuchi) soy sauce; 1 tbsp saké; 2 tbsp green onion, finely chopped; 2 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated

Blanched cod dusted in flour, fried gently at low heat, then dropped straight into a sweet-savoury dashi so the crust drinks up the broth. Finished with raw ginger and green onion for lift.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on45 min
Total1 h 27 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

fish

675 gcod fillet, skin on (or another firm white-fleshed fish)
30 gplain flour, for dusting
1½ Lneutral vegetable oil, for deep-frying

dashi

450 mlcold water
6 gkombu, wiped with a damp cloth
8 gdried bonito flakes (katsuobushi)

simmering broth

4 tbspmirin
1 tbspsugar
2 tbspdark (koikuchi) soy sauce
1 tbspsaké

garnish

2 tbspgreen onion, finely chopped
2 tspfresh ginger, finely grated

Diet

Pescatarian

Contains

Gluten
Soy
Fish
Sulfites
Tuna
Bonito
Cod
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Rice
Onion family (any)
Scallion (green onion)
Cabbage family (any)
Ginger
Yeast
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
Seaweed (any)
Kelp
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Alcohol

Taste

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

Texture

Tender-braised
Brothy

Equipment

Stovetop
Probe thermometer

Season

Fall
Winter

Occasion

Weeknight

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2

Nutrition

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

Budget

Budget: moderate

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