Ameko Bento

I have had some requests on Flickr to post a few recipes of some of the recent dishes that I have made for dinner. This meal was really good and is a dish I came up with on the fly, if you try it at home let me know how it goes!

Fish Cake

Preheat the oven to 400ºF.

2 lbs White fish fillet (haddock, cod, etc.)
1/2 cup Bonito flakes
1 Sheet of nori cut into thin 1/2″ strips
1 Egg
1 Green onion (scallion)
1/2 Cup panko breadcrumbs
2 tbsp Mirin
1 tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Ground White pepper
1 tbsp Vegetable oil

Microwave the fillet for 1 min on high so you can separate the flesh from the skin easily, place the flesh in a bowl and put aside.

Mix the mirin, salt, pepper and sugar in a bowl and put aside.

Slice green onion into thin pieces on a bias using some green and some white.

Cut the fish into 2″ pieces and wizz in a food processor or grind up with a mortar and pestle until no large pieces remain. Add green onion, bonito flakes, nori and the bowl with the other ingredients and mix well. Cover container with a wet towel.

Next you will need two bowls. Beat egg in one of them and in the other put panko bread crumbs and put aside. Spread the oil on a pan or cookie sheet and put near the bowls.

Take fish mixture and make a into about one dozen small 2″ balls, flatten them and then one at a time dip in the egg (top and bottom) and then the panko (top and bottom) then place them on the oiled cookie sheet. Make sure there is space between them so they cook properly.

Place in 400ºF oven and until cooked through (about 12min.) and the bread crumbs start to brown on the top. Remove from the oven and serve immediately. I served mine with sushi rice, green beans with shiso, shitaki mushrooms and pickled diakon.