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A Certain Japanese Restaurant's Bestseller "Squid Popo" Bake (Squid Ark)

Name: A Certain Japanese Restaurant's Bestseller "Squid Popo" Bake (Squid Ark)
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 Squid; 1 Green pepper; 2 tbsp Soy sauce; 2 tbsp Mirin; 2 tsp Sake; 1/2 piece of ginger Juice from grated ginger; 4 tbsp Mayonnaise; 1 tsp Soy sauce; 1 tsp Sugar

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I ate this for the first time the other day, but apparently it's a pretty famous dish at a certain Japanese restaurant franchise called "Bikkuri Donkey."
It tastes very similar to the flavor of the squid popo bake I make at home, so I tried recreating it while I still could recall the flavor. It came out pretty well.
Apparently Bikkuri Donkey got it's start in the city of Morioka in Iwate prefecture.

I used sashimi squid. This makes things easier when boiling.
If you don't have a proper heat-resistant dish, aluminum foil should also work.
You have to use the Kewpie brand for the mayonnaise (Ajinomoto brand melts when it bakes). For 2 servings. Recipe by La Land

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Ingredients

2 servings

2Squid
1Green pepper
For the soy sauce dressing:
2 tbspSoy sauce
2 tbspMirin
2 tspSake
1/2 pieceof ginger Juice from grated ginger
For the secret mayonnaise sauce:
4 tbspMayonnaise
1 tspSoy sauce
1 tspSugar

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Steps

1

Cut the green peppers into 4-5mm rings. Combine and mix together the sauce ingredients. Also mix together the mayonnaise ingredients.
2

Remove the legs, guts, and bones from the squid, and wash out the insides well. Insert shallow cuts along the skin, 1cm apart. Cut the tentacles into bite-sized pieces.
3

Bring some water to a boil. Add the tentacles first, then the squid itself, and boil. Just enough for it to expand a bit.
4

Cut the squid after thoroughly draining, and place in a heat-resistant container. Pour the mayonnaise over the squid, arrange the green peppers on top, and add the sauce.
5

Broil in a toaster oven until the mayonnaise starts to brown, then it's complete.