Japanese
Crisp lemon sole with chilli, sesame and soy
This hot and sweet Japanese lemon sole recipe can be whipped up in minutes if you ask your fishmonger to do the hard work for you. Ingredients For the fish 2 lemon sole vegetable oil, for deep frying 50-75g/2-3oz potato starch For the marinade and dipping sauce
Blackened salmon with miso aubergine purée
Ingredients For the blackened salmon 60ml/2¼fl oz sake 60ml/2¼fl oz mirin 4 tbsp white miso paste 3 tbsp caster sugar 4 x 150g/5¼oz salmon fillets For the miso aubergine
Oven-baked sweet miso-marinated salmon fillet served on a bed of soba noodles
Marinade the salmon the night before for this simple, yet stunning meal. Ingredients 4 salmon fillets, each weighing 110g/4oz 300g/10½oz soba noodles For the sweet miso marinade 450g/1lb white miso paste 400g/14oz sugar 230ml/8fl oz sake 230ml/8fl oz mirin To serve
Poppy seed tempura with soba noodles and dipping sauce
Cook up a Japanese-style feast for two in less than 30 minutes with the Hairy Bikers’ easy recipe. Ingredients For the noodles 150g/5oz soba noodles dash sesame oil 4 spring onions, sliced diagonally 2.5cm/1in piece fresh ginger, julienned dash mirin ¼ sheet nori, finely sliced sprinkle shichimi (seven-spice chilli pepper), available from Asian supermarkets For the tempura
Udon noodles in miso broth with stir-fried greens and shichimi pepper
Ingredients For the miso broth 5cm/2in piece kombu seaweed 1½ tsp dashi powder 2½cm/1in piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated 1 tbsp white miso paste pinch caster sugar 2 tbsp mirin 75g/2½oz tofu, cubed into 1cm/½in pieces For the stir-fried greens