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 mins
Cook Time 5 minutes mins
Total Time 15 minutes mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Japanese
Casserole
Japanese chopsticks
- 10 grilled Nori seaweed leaves for sushi
- 400 ml dashi
- 50 ml shoyu soy sauce
- 50 ml saké
- 2 tbsp mirin
Heat your dashi in a saucepan over medium heat.
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.
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.