I love the combination of sardines and umeboshi. Umeboshi makes the bones and meat tender. The backbone is hard to eat, but you can eat the small bones.If you have pickled red shiso leaves with umeboshi, add to the simmer. It will be tasty as well. After simmering the sardines, umeboshi and red shiso leaves adds a concentrated flavor, but it goes well with rice. Recipe by Pukuttopukumaru

My mother-in-law taught me that adding umeboshi removes the fishy smell, and make the dish refreshing and delicious.I season it a little bit sweet, taking the saltiness of the umeboshi into consideration, but please adjust it to your liking. Recipe by GELUGUGU

We often cook this dish in a pressure cooker.The key might be to add the ginger and umeboshi . Recipe by Komatsuta

I bought some fresh sardines. Of the ten I bought, I used 6 for sashimi, and the rest in this recipe.To tell whether sardines are fresh, look for a taut body, well-defined, glossy scales, and black eyes.They're prone to breaking or falling apart when transferring to a serving plate, so try the process listed in Step 6.It's pretty easy. Give it a try!! Recipe by kumayuki

I came up with this way to get plenty of calcium.I use sweet soy sauce from western Japan. If using a saltier soy sauce, it might be best to slightly reduce the amount. Also, I use medium-sized umeboshi. Be careful not to burn it while simmering. Recipe by Gagarin

I had some reasonable sardines, but I wasn't sure what to do with them with the cooking ingredients I'd bought. My mother taught me how to make this Japanese dish from these ingredients.Sardines fall apart pretty easily, so simmer on low heat.If you are put off by the idea of preparing fish, buy filets. Recipe by icucu

It's my family's favorite recipe.An umeboshi plum is enough to get rid of the fishy smells. Use 2 if you want a stronger umeboshi taste. If you like it sweet and salty, add 1 tablespoon each of sugar and soy sauce. If you prefer it light, reduce the amount of sugar. You can also double the ingredients. I was selected as a monitor for Takara brand's "Cooking Sake" and found the taste to be much richer when I started using it. For just enough to cover the ingredients in a (18 cm [7.1 in] in diameter) pressure cooker.. Recipe by Reontei

Sardines were on sale at the supermarket, so I made one of my husband's favorites - sardines simmered in soy sauce.Place the sardines in one layer in the pan, without overlapping them.I used a frying pan with a depth of 24 cm this time. *Basic tip: for blue fish, start with cold water. This way the skin doesn't tear. (For white fish, boil the liquid first)In Step 5,if you leave some of the simmering liquid, the flavor will be less strong. If you boil it down until the liquid is gone, the flavor will be stronger. Recipe by MORIYABAR

I made this for my daughter who hates sardines.Don't touch the sardines with chopsticks, etc., until they've simmered. Once simmered they'll stiffen up, but if you touch them before that they'll fall apart. Recipe by Midofadobeshi

Sardines were on sale, so I decided to give them a ginger and soy sauce flavor, like canned sardines.I based this on a recipe I found in a cookbook for pressure cookers. However, in that recipe, the bones were too hard to eat, so I revised it to make them softer, as well as the flavor!Adjust the amount of soy sauce to your liking! Use small-sized sardines. If you use larger ones, add about 15-20 minutes to the pressure-cooking time!Buying fish that have already been beheaded and gutted would make the process even easier!Finally, when simmering, be careful not to let it burn!Adding 1-2 tablespoons of vinegar to the ingredients is also delicious. Recipe by lismeg

I had a real craving for sardines simmered in umeboshi and ginger, so I decided to make a serious attempt at cooking this recipe that my mother taught me.Try not to move the sardines much after you arrange them in the pan. This will prevent them from falling apart. If using prepared sardines, I recommend washing them in salt water first.Depending on the size and type of the sardines, the bones could still be hard, so be careful when eating! For serving 2-3. Recipe by RED_SPIC

I uploaded the recipe since I thought this dish was delicious, and doesn't smell fishy at all.The cooking time will probably vary depending on your pressure cooker.Our pressure cooker takes about 40 minutes, but please adjust as needed.It doesn't use water, so it should keep for a while.The canned tomatoes, onions, shimeji mushrooms, and white wine give this a delicious umami. Recipe by Umaechan