Recipe: Perfect Japanese Stewed Rockfish (Mebaru no Nitsuke)

Japanese Stewed Rockfish (Mebaru no Nitsuke).

You can cook Japanese Stewed Rockfish (Mebaru no Nitsuke) using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Japanese Stewed Rockfish (Mebaru no Nitsuke)

1. You need 2 of whole rockfish ("Mebaru").
2. Prepare 200 ml of Water.
3. It's 100 ml of Sake.
4. It's 3 Tbsp of Soy sauce.
5. It's 3 Tbsp of Mirin.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of Sugar.

Japanese Stewed Rockfish (Mebaru no Nitsuke) instructions

1. Scale the fish and remove innards if necessary. Cut slits in both sides of the fish which will help it absorb more flavor when cooking..
2. Add water, sake, soy sauce mirin and sugar to pot and bring to a boil. Add the fish and cook on high heat..
3. After 5 minutes, turn the heat to low. Continue simmering until the fish is cooked through, occasionally rocking the pan to baste the fish in the broth..
4. This recipe is introduced in a fish recipe book, published by cookpad..