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Braised Flounder Recipe
Prep Time | 20 minutes |
Cook Time | 10 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 4 g whole flounders about 200–250(7 oz) each, cleaned, or 4 white fish fillets 150g (5 oz) each
- 750 ml Water 3 cups
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 125 ml sake ½ cup
- 125 ml soy sauce ½ cup
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 cm ½ fresh ginger thinly sliced, 1 in
- 120 g fresh spinach washed, trimmed, and tied in small parcels, 4 oz
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Instructions
- 1 Using a sharp knife, score each fish on one side by making 2 parallel diagonal incisions about 3 cm (1¼ in) apart. Turn the fish over, and make 2 more parallel incisions on the diagonal. Make the cuts deep enough to almost touch the bone.
- 2 Combine the water, salt, sake, soy sauce, mirin and sugar and bring to a boil in a deep skillet. Add the fresh ginger and cook for 30 seconds.
- 3 Place fish in a single layer in the water, overlapping heads and tails as necessary. When liquid returns to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook fish for 2 minutes.
- 4 Spoon liquid over fish but do not turn fish over. Cook for another 3 minutes, continually basting, until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
- 5 Place spinach parcels alongside the fish and cook for 30 seconds. Remove from heat.
- 6 Carefully lift fish and spinach onto serving plates, and spoon some cooking liquid over the top. Serve immediately with steamed rice.