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recipe tsukudani

Tsukudani 佃煮 recipe with dried nori seaweed

Sophie and François
Make a delicious nori seaweed tsukudani for an appetizer or as a side dish with Japanese white rice.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Japanese

Equipment

  • Casserole
  • Japanese chopsticks

Ingredients
  

  • 10 grilled Nori seaweed leaves for sushi
  • 400 ml dashi
  • 50 ml shoyu soy sauce
  • 50 ml saké
  • 2 tbsp mirin

Instructions
 

  • Heat your dashi in a saucepan over medium heat.
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  • Tear your nori leaves into small pieces and add them to the pan containing the dashi. Stir with Japanese chopsticks for 5 minutes.
  • When the nori leaves become thick, add the soy sauce, sake and mirin.
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  • Then lower the heat to low and cook until there is almost no liquid left.
  • The tsukudani is ready, and can be stored in a glass jar in the refrigerator. However, let it cool down before storing it.
    recipe tsukudani