Buri Daikon

🥘 Ingredients

• daikon 1 ½ lb
• rice-washing water 2 qt
• boiling water 4 cups
• yellowtail collar 1 ¼ lb
• &(2)parboiled daikon
• water 1 ¼ cups
• soy sauce ¼ cup
• mirin ¼ cup
• sake ¼ cup
• sugar 2 Tbs
• ginger 1 piece

1. 1

   A 煮魚, so the liquid is water and not dashi — water 5 : soy 1 : mirin 1 : sake 1.
2. 2

   Parboil daikon in rice-washing water 20 min , until a skewer meets slight resistance at the centre, then rinse the pieces.
3. 3

   Pour boiling water over yellowtail collar in a colander until the surfaces turn white, then rinse each piece and pick off the loosened scales and blood.
4. 4

   Simmer &(2)parboiled daikon and @&( timer in water with soy sauce , mirin , sake , sugar and ginger in a wide pot under a drop lid 25 min , in one layer and never at more than a lazy bubble.
5. 5

   Lift the drop lid off @&( timer and 10 min , spooning the liquid over the fish every minute or so, until it has darkened and thickened enough to coat the daikon.