Dining with the Chef

Rika's TOKYO CUISINE: Butter Sautéed Spanish Mackerel with Soy Sauce

Our main ingredient for this episode is Spanish mackerel. Spanish mackerel is known in Japanese as sawara, and is beloved as a sign of spring. We'll be sautéing it with butter and soy sauce, for a Japanese-style sauce. For our side dish, we'll be making two easy spring dishes. For our first, we'll be cooking freshly picked green peas and bacon with rice for an easy and delicious rice dish that combines the aroma of the peas with the rich flavor of the bacon. We'll also be making salad-style tempura with lots of seasonal vegetables, for a casual yet delicious side dish full of the flavors of spring in Japan.