Yuzu Misoyaki Glazed Sea Bass
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15 min show stopping fish dinner — here’s how to make it! Don’t worry, if you don’t have the sauce, I’ve included a sauce recipe below to sub with:
Ingredients:
2 servings of fish (sea bass or salmon both work)
1.5 tbsps unsalted butter
1 tsp sesame seeds
1/2 tbsp dried roasted seaweed
2 cloves of grated garlic
1/2 inch knob of grated ginger
Pinch of salt
1 packet of Omsom yuzu misoyaki sauce (if you’d like to try it, use this link and get 10% off with code ALICE10)
How to make this at home:
Ingredients:
1/4 cup soy sauce, mirin, and sake
1 tbsp white miso (can use red if that’s all you have)
1 tbsp sugar
Instructions:
Bring the wet ingredients and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan, then add in miso paste
Turn heat down to simmer and whisk paste into the sauce until thoroughly mixed in and emulsified
You’ll know when it’s done when the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon
Handful of shimeji mushrooms + 1 diced garlic clove
Handful of choy sum
Instructions:
Clean fish and pat dry
Melt butter in a bowl, then mix in sesame seeds, seaweed, garlic, ginger, and pinch of salt.
Pop butter in the fridge for about 5 mins to let it firm up.
In the meantime, cut up the fish into portion size pieces and saute mushrooms till golden brown with a bit of garlic.
Once the butter is hardened, place fish onto a baking tray with a light coat of oil.
Use a spoon to scrape a thin layer of the butter and place that on top of the fish.
Bake fish at 400F for 8 mins. In the meantime, boil the choy sum in heavily salted water for 3 mins, then rinse in cold water to halt cooking process.
Boiling the veggies in salted water helps preserve their color but won’t add additional sodium to your meal, since we rinse them.
By now, your fish should be ready for the glaze. Add a light layer of the Omsom misoyaki glaze (or your own) then broil for 2-3 more mins until bubbling.
If you want to try Omsom, use this link and get 10% off with code ALICE10 (for a limited time)
Plate and enjoy with rice!