Osechi (New Year's Dish) Made Easy! Tazukuri (Candied Dry Sardines)

Name: Osechi (New Year's Dish) Made Easy! Tazukuri (Candied Dry Sardines)
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 50 grams Small dried sardines; 30 grams Walnuts, whole almonds, or your choice of nuts; 3 tbsp Sugar; 2 tbsp Soy sauce; 1 tbsp Sake

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

These are delicious!
My daughters can't put their chopsticks down, since they make a perfect complement to sake, neither can I!
One serving for our new year's osechi is not enough, so I always make these three times!

The key to this recipe is the thickness of the sauce. If it's too watery, the sardines won't become crispy enough, but if it's too thick, it won't coat the sardines. It should be just thick enough that you can see the bottom of the pan when you scrape it. For 4 to 5 servings. Recipe by Cake to pan no sensei

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

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Ingredients

5 servings

50 gramsSmall dried sardines
30 gramsWalnuts, whole almonds, or your choice of nuts
3 tbspSugar
2 tbspSoy sauce
1 tbspSake

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Steps

1

Dry roast the nuts. If using whole almonds, cut them in half before dry roasting. Remove from pan.
2

Next, dry roast the dried sardines until brittle. Crumbs will burn, so stir gently while roasting. Remove from pan.
3

Combine all of the seasoning ingredients, then heat on medium until slightly thick.
4

Add the nuts and sardines, and quickly stir to coat.
5

Spread evenly on parchment paper to cool.