Japanese Style Sardines (Iwashi Nitsuke)

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes with a pressure cooker, or 1 hour with a pan

Ingredients:

• 6 headless whole sardines
• 3 small sheets of dried kelp* (kombu)
• 1 inch piece fresh ginger
• 2 Tbsp vinegar
• 4 Tbsp sake, white wine or sherry
• 4 Tbsp sugar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup water

You can find the dried kelp (kombu) at most health food stores, Asian markets, or order online from Amazon or Walmart.

Steps:

1. Place dried kelp sheets at the bottom of your pressure cooker. Add sardines. Peel and slice ginger, place on top of sardines. Pour in vinegar, sake, sugar, soy sauce, and water.

 
2. Secure top on pressure cooker and cook on high until it starts to steam (about 2 minutes), then shift heat to low and cook for 30 minutes. Serve.

 
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3. If you'd like to use a pan in lieu of the pressure cooker, add an extra half cup of water, cover the contents of the pan with parchment paper, cover and cook for one hour.