Anko no Tomo-ae (Monkfish with Liver Miso)
Quick answer
- Total time
- 45 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Ingredients
- 7
About this dish
Anko no tomo-ae is a Soma winter dish of boiled monkfish folded into a rich dressing made from fully cooked monkfish liver, miso, and sugar.
Read more
Rehydrated dried daikon and wakame absorb the liver fat and moisture released by the fish, helping the sauce cling to every piece. The final mixing is brief so the monkfish stays tender. After boiling, the fish is cooled without soaking it in water, which would wash away flavor and leave excess moisture in the dressing.
Instructions
Read the steps as a cooking flow: prep, heat, seasoning, doneness control, and finish.
- 1Heat
Cut 180g monkfish meat into bite-size pieces and boil until opaque through the center.
Drain and let it cool without soaking it in cold water.
- 2Season
Rehydrate 30g dried daikon, cut it into 2cm lengths, and squeeze dry.
Rinse the salt from 40g wakame, soak until tender, cut into bite-size pieces, and drain.
- 3Control
Place 60g cleaned monkfish liver in a dry pan and break it up over medium-low heat.
Cook until its color changes evenly and no raw reddish areas remain.
- 4Season
Add 4 tablespoons miso and 1 tablespoon sugar to the cooked liver and work the mixture with a spatula for 1 to 2 minutes.
If it is too stiff to stir, loosen it gradually with 1 tablespoon sake.
- 5Control
Add the monkfish, dried daikon, and wakame to the liver dressing.
Fold together over medium-low heat for no more than 2 minutes, stopping as soon as visible moisture is gone and the sauce clings.
Practical Cooking Checks
The cues that matter most while cooking.
- Key technique
- Monkfish liver fully cooked with miso and sugar
- Finish cue
- Rinse the salt from 40g wakame, soak until tender, cut into bite-size pieces, and drain.
- Avoid this
- Do not soak the boiled monkfish in water, which would wash out flavor and thin the liver dressing.
Cooking decision evidence
Calculated Charim data and applicable official food safety guidance.
This recipe
45min, 7 ingredients
Category median
22min, 7 ingredients
Based on 261 recipes
Use-up ingredient planner
Turn these ingredients into two more meals
The overlap excludes basic seasonings. Open the next recipe and your selected dishes will stay with you.
Amego Hirara-yaki (Miso Trout Hot-Plate Grill)
Japanese miso
Kishizu (Kuzukiri and Vegetables with Sesame Miso)
salted wakame
Kyanokko-jiru (Akita Vegetable and Bean Soup)
Japanese miso