Miso Black Cod
Miso-marinated black cod with soba noodles, sautéed mushrooms, and sesame cucumbers.
Ingredients
- 2-4 (8 oz) black cod filets
- 1/4 cup sake
- 1/4 cup mirin
- 1/4 cup miso paste
- 3 tbsp sugar
- soba noodles
- 4 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- salt
- 1-2 carton of shiitake mushrooms
- 1-2 tbsp @trybachans or soy sauce
- baby cucumbers (sliced thin)
- sesame seeds and scallions for garnish
Preparation
- 1
start by combining your miso marinade by bringing sake and mirin to a boil, cook off alcohol then turn heat low add miso and whisk, turn up heat again and add sugar - let cool
- 2
once marinade cools marinate your fish, you can do this for anywhere from 4 hours to 2 days
- 3
meanwhile make the cucumbers, slice thin, ideally with a mandolin and sprinkle with a teaspoon of salt to bring out moisture, let sit for 30 minutes and squeeze dry - add 1 tbsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar, scallions and sesame seeds
- 4
mushrooms - sear in 1 tbsp sesame oil and a little vegetable oil if needed until crispy then we topped with @trybachans (DM us for a discount code) or soy sauce if you don’t have that
- 5
cook fish by drying fillets and heating 1 tbsp of sesame oil in a pan, sear off the top then flip and cook in 400 degree oven for 8 minutes
- 6
meanwhile, cook soba noodles as instructed and finish with last tbsp of sesame oil and 1 tbsp of soy sauce
- 7
Plate nicely over soba noodles (could also serve with rice) but this fish is addictive!