Recipe20 minutes · serves 4 · Moderate

Miso Black Cod (Sablefish)

The famous marinated sablefish. Two days of waiting, eight minutes of cooking, worth both.

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Ingredients

  • 4 sablefish portions, about 150 g each
  • 120 g white miso
  • 60 ml mirin
  • 60 ml sake
  • 3 tbsp sugar

Method

  1. 01

    Warm the mirin and sake in a small pot, add the miso and sugar, and stir until smooth. Cool completely.

  2. 02

    Coat the fish and refrigerate 24–48 hours. This is the whole recipe — don't shortcut it.

  3. 03

    Wipe off most of the marinade (leave a thin film) and pat dry.

  4. 04

    Broil skin-down 6–8 minutes until the surface is lacquered and blistered in spots.

  5. 05

    Serve with pickled ginger and rice.

From the counter: Chilean seabass takes the same treatment and the same timing.

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