Dinner · 40 min · japanese

Saikyo Miso Black Cod

Weeknight-friendly Japanese cooking: Saikyo Miso Black Cod comes together in 40 minutes with black cod fillets, saikyo miso, and not much else. It is weeknight cooking that still hits your targets — 36 grams of protein per serving. No specialty equipment and nothing hard to find at a regular grocery store.

Ingredients

• 1.5 lb Black cod fillets
• 0.5 cup Saikyo miso
• 3 tbsp Mirin
• 2 tbsp Sake
• 1 tbsp Sugar

Steps

1. Whisk the sweet Kyoto miso with mirin, sake, and sugar into a marinade. Coat the cod thickly, cover, and refrigerate 24 hours — the long cure is what makes it silky.
2. Wipe off every bit of marinade. Miso burns in seconds under the broiler, so be thorough.
3. Broil 8 minutes until the surface caramelizes to a deep gold and the fish flakes.
4. Rest 3 minutes. The flesh should be buttery enough to cut with a spoon.
5. Serve with rice and something green and simple. Luxury that asks almost nothing of the cook.

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