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Easy and delicious, seasonal recipes ni Chris Yokoyama

Hello, mga KababayanI It is your Tita Chris again sharing my easy version recipe for Tai Meishi.

This month’s recipe is a delicious and healthy Tai Meishi which is a Japanese dish that consists of broiled sea bream served with simple toppings. It is perfect for those rainy days of June and is packed with nutritious ingredients. It’s a quick and easy recipe that’s sure to impress your family and friends.

Ingredients:

• 1 whole sea bream, cleaned and scaled (about 1 kg)

• 20 inch burdock (Gobo)

• 1 knob of ginger, peeled and sliced

• 1 tablespoon sake

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

• 1 tablespoon mirin

• Salt to taste

• Kelp soaked in water (a stock to be used in cooking)

For the toppings:

• trefoil (mitsuba)

• sliced ginger

Instructions:

1. Wash the rice (wash and rinse, 3 times) and then add the following ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon sake

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

• 1 tablespoon mirin

• Salt to taste

• 3 cups Kelp stock

2. Rinse the sea bream inside and out, and pat it dry with paper towels. Season the fish with salt inside and out.

3. Broil the sea bream.

4. Clean and pencil slice the gobo, soaked in water with salt to prevent discoloring.

5. Spread the sliced gobo and ginger evenly on top of

the soaked rice in a cooking pot.

6. Place the broiled fish on top.

7. Cover, cook over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Once boiling, cover & simmer for 20 min.

8. Turn off the heat (do not open the lid yet) and let it steam for another 10 minutes.

9. Remove the fish on top and let it sit for a few minutes.

10. Flake the fish and remove the spines

11. Lightly toss with a rice paddle to mix.

12. Place the tai-rice into a bowl. Sprinkle with mitsuba and sliced ginger. Serve with miso soup on the side.

Enjoy your delicious Tai Meishi! I would love to hear what you think of this recipe once you have had a chance to try it out. And, if you have any favorite recipes you would like to share, please feel free to send them my way. Thanks for taking the time to read my article and I hope you have a fantastic month of June.

Chris Yokoyama

Jeepney Press