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AILIEN FISH in your dish?

Have you heard about an ALIEN FISH?


The mud flats of Japan’s Ariake Sea are home to a creature that is reportedly as delicious as it is disgusting-looking. Introducing the “Warasubo”, an eel-like fish that for obvious reasons is known as the “Alien of Ariake Sea”.





RECIPE:

🐟 WARASUBO SASHIMI

  • Clean and carefully debone the warasubo.

  • Put the fish head and the bones in a dish.

  • Add slices of lime under the fish head.

  • Add shredded radish on the dish and serve the fish with a bowl of soy sauce + yuzu (hot pepper paste) and a bowl of magani-yuke (crab salt paste)


🐟 GRILLED DRIED WARASUBO

  • Use a hammer to soften the dried warasubo.

  • Grill on an oven for 20 seconds. Finally, cut the fish into small pieces and serve with magani-yuke.


🐟 WARASUBO SHUMAI

Filling:

  • Clean and wash the warasubo.

  • Dehead the fish and put everything (fish heads and bodies) in a steamer for 10 minutes.

  • Leave the heads aside.

  • Take the meat out of the fish bodies and cut into slices. Add sake, soy sauce and sugar.

  • Second, stuff the filling in dumpling dough paper and shape it into shumai. Apply a bit potato starch on top.

  • Third, add shumai in a hot pan with cooking oil and fry for 20 seconds. Add warasubo head on each of shumai pieces.

  • Pour water into the pan and steam for another 10 minutes.

  • Finally, put the shumai in a dish with watercress and serve.


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Author: Xyria Lou C. Alcantara

Editor: Aimee D. Corre

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