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Ingredients

  • 10 15-cm pieces Kazunoko (salted herring roe)
  • 600 ml A...Water
  • 6 tbsp A...Usukuchi soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp each of A...Mirin, sake
  • 1 tsp A...Sugar
  • 1 generous handful, Bonito flakes
  • 1 A...Kombu, thinly sliced from a sheet of (5 x 40 cm)

Method

  • Soak the kazunoko in plenty of water to remove the excess salt.
  • Change the water 3 times over the course of 1/2 a day.
  • After removing the excess salt, remove the white membranes.
  • Bring the A ingredients to a boil.
  • Add a generous handful of bonito flakes, then turn off the heat after 2 minutes and cool.
  • After it cools, remove the bonito flakes.
  • Blot the kazunoko dry, then marinate them in the sauce.
  • They taste best after 1/2 a day of marinating.