Tsukudani (sushi nori boiled in soy sauce)
Tsukudani (sushi nori boiled in soy sauce)

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, tsukudani (sushi nori boiled in soy sauce). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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'Tsukudani' is a dish of commonly small fish, shellfish or seaweed cooked in Mirin, Sugar and Soy Sauce to preserve the ingredients. Its name originates from Tsukuda-jima in Tokyo where it was first made in the Edo period. Seaweed 'Tsukudani' can be made with Kombu (kelp) or Wakame Seaweeds.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook tsukudani (sushi nori boiled in soy sauce) using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Tsukudani (sushi nori boiled in soy sauce):
  1. Get 5 sushi nori
  2. Make ready 1 tbsp soy sauce
  3. Take 1 tbsp sake
  4. Make ready 1/2 tbsp mirin
  5. Prepare 1 tbsp honey
  6. Make ready 1/2 tsp Japanese soup (dashi) stock powder
  7. Get 1 cup water

Its name originates from Tsukuda-jima, an island in Tokyo where it was first made in the Edo period. Seaweed 'Tsukudani' can be made with Kombu (kelp) or Wakame Seaweeds. "Nori (海苔)" is a seaweed known as laver in English, so Nori no Tsukudani is a pasty food produced by simmering down Nori seaweed typically with soy sauce and sugar. We like eating plain white rice placing the black Nori paste on top like enjoying Furikake flakes. This video will show you how to make Nori Tsukudani, seaweed cooked and strongly flavored with soy sauce.

Instructions to make Tsukudani (sushi nori boiled in soy sauce):
  1. Tear sushi nori in small pieces. (As small as possible) Add water into a pot and teared nori. Leave for a half hour until nori gets soft.
  2. Add soy sauce, sake, mirin, honey and soup stock powder into the same pot and start heating. Once boiled, lower heat to low. Cook until boiled down. (I cooked for approx.30 mins.)
  3. Serve on top of cooked rice!!
  4. FYI : Japanese dashi stock powder - I love this brand “Kayanoya”, available online. https://usa.kayanoya.com/kayanoya-original-dashi-stock-powder.html

Tsukudani (佃煮) is seafood/fish, shellfish, meat, seaweed, or vegetable that has been simmered in sweet and savory sauce (typically with soy sauce, sugar, mirin) for a long time. It usually has an intensely sweet and savory flavor, which helps preserve the ingredients. Tear Nori sheets into pieces and place them in a pot. Tsukudani is usually seafood or seaweed strongly flavored with Soy Sauce. Tsukudani made from Nori (Roasted Seaweed) is one of the most popular ones.

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