Ingredients

  • 1 cup sake (found in Asian grocery stores)
  • 1 cup mirin (found in Asian grocery stores)
  • 1 cup miso (found in Asian grocery stores)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup chopped ginger
  • 1/2 cup chopped garlic
  • 2 pieces Chilean sea bass (2 ounces each)
  • 4 jumbo stalks peeled asparagus (4 inches)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp minced chives

Method

  • Combine marinade ingredients.
  • Reserve 2 tbsp and marinate bass in the rest (covered, in the refrigerator) for 24 hours.
  • Spear each piece of fish on a wooden skewer.
  • Place on foil-lined pan and broil until sauce caramelizes, 3 or 4 minutes.
  • Toss asparagus with oil, salt, and pepper.
  • Heat a saute pan (no oil) over high heat, 7 minutes.
  • Add asparagus; saute all sides.
  • Arrange asparagus on a plate.
  • Top with bass, drizzle with reserved marinade, garnish with chives.
  • (To evaporate alcohol, increase sake and mirin to 1 1/4 cups each.
  • Simmer until mixture is reduced by half and is syrupy.)