Simmered Sardines with Ginger

  (Iwahi no Shouga-ni)





200g small sardine (ko-iwahi)
ginger (tsuchi-shouga)
pickled dried plum (umeboshi)
bonito or kelp soup (dashi)
sake tsuchi-shouga umeboshi
sugar (satou)
soy sauce (shouyu) 
mirin

1. Remove head and tail of sardines. Wash sardins thoroughly in cold water, and dry with paper towel.
2. Cut ginger into thin strips.
3. Put sardines in a pan, add sake, sugar, mirin, bonito or kelp soup, ginger and pickled dried plum, and simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Add soy sauce.

Serves 4