Shirasu Rice Bowl (Shirasu-don)

Name: Shirasu Rice Bowl (Shirasu-don)
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 serving cooked rice; 1 handful Kama-age Shirasu, or boiled shirasu/baby sardines; 1 leaf Shiso, also called Perilla or Ooba; 2 teaspoons sesame seeds; 1 teaspoon soy sauce; 1/2 teaspoon mirin

Fushicche @cook_2448266

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A popular dish in the Shonan region of Japan made with shirasu, or baby sardines. This recipe came directly from the fisherman! His "top secret" sauce will make the best shirasu don you've had yet! Kama-age shirasu (boiled, not dried, shirasu) come in various grades of saltiness, so adjust how much sauce you use if needed. This also goes well with grated ginger and myoga ginger.

Fushicche @cook_2448266

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Ingredients

15 mins

1 serving

1serving cooked rice
1 handfulKama-age Shirasu, or boiled shirasu/baby sardines
1 leafShiso, also called Perilla or Ooba
2 teaspoonssesame seeds
1 teaspoonsoy sauce
1/2 teaspoonmirin

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Steps

15 mins

1

Mix the soy sauce and mirin to make the sauce. Slice the shiso leaf into very thin strips.
2

Fill your rice bowl with a serving of hot rice and top it with plenty of shirasu.
3

Pore over the sauce and garnish with the sliced shiso leaf and sesame seeds.
4

This is also great with minced myoga ginger and/or grated ginger.