Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Hijiki + A Lovely Japanese Dinner + Miso/Mayo Baked Salmon Recipe

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Another treat from Mr Y's Japan package was a stock up of my favourite seaweed, Hijiki. This seaweed used to be available in Sydney but unfortunately I have not been able to find it stocked anywhere in Sydney over the last few years - This may be because of the safety concerns associated with eating hijiki. In any case, I don't think it is too much to worry about providing you don't eat too much of it all the time.

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The above image is from Oishii Yo

This Hijiki salad recipe is my favourite way to cook the hijiki! I hope you will enjoy too (if you manage to get your hands on it in your country!) We cooked this on Saturday night as part of our Japanese dinner for Gracie.

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Above image from Radish Boy

Speaking of our dinner with Gracie...Look at this gorgeous handmade thank you card that I found on my desk at work this morning! It's a little drawing of the dinner we all shared together!!! Oh my goodness right~?!


From left to right: Gohan with ebi furikake,  lettuce and tomato salad, pickled cucumber, hijiki seaweed salad, tamagoyaki with nori roll, ohitashi spinach, miso and the main plate is my favourite miso mayonnaise baked salmon. Gracie even illustrated my gingham table cloth and polka dot chop sticks! Don't you just love her!

By the way, this is the recipe for the never fail miso-mayonnaise baked salmon that I cook regularly. 

Ingredients:
2 portions salmon fillet
1 spring onion, thinly sliced
2 shitake mushrooms thinly sliced
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

For the miso-mayonnaise paste:
4 tbsp Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise
1 1/2 tbsp white or red miso paste

作り方 (Tsukuri kata):
Preheat the over to 180degrees. Thoroughly mix the miso and mayonnaise. Make a deep cut in each of the salmon fillets without cutting through them completely. Cut two pieces of foil large enough to completely enclose each piece of salmon. Spread half of the miso-mayo paste into the middle of each foil piece. Divide the spring onions and mushrooms evenly and scatter on top of the paste. Place each salmon fillets on top of the paste and spoon the remaining miso-mayo paste and the grated cheese into the cuts in the salmon. Tightly enclose the salmon in the foil and bake for 15 minutes or until cooked through. Open the foil and bake for a further 5 minutes until the cheese is lightly browned. Serve with your favourite Japanese side dishes and enjoy!

Yum!

P.S. Find out more about Japanese seaweeds here.


Love Love
Hello Sandwich
xxx

14 comments:

  1. I am tying this Salmon recipe tonight! Oh, and the card is so sweet!! Thank you for the great post!

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  2. heee~! oishii sou!!
    konbu hontou daisuki!!!

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  3. the drawing does not do the meal justice. it was incredibly more pretty and even more delicious. thanks mr y aand ebony!!

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  4. wow - i had not heard that about hijiki and the naturally-occurring arsenic traces - amazing. but you are right, sounds scary, but maybe ok if you eat it only very little..hmmm, will have to see if it is still available in my fave japanese store here...AND that is the cutest darn thankyou card i have EVER seen!!!! beautiful:) what a delightful dinner, and thankyou for sharing all those excellent links!!!

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  5. I had never heard of safety concerns associated with eating hijiki!! wow. I'm cooking it tonight anyway though :p
    When I was cooking hijiki at my Melbourne mama-san's home she got freaked out, she must've thought I was cooking something alive...!

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  6. Hi Suitably Cool! It is my pleasure! I hope your Salmon was delicious! :)

    Hi Yinqin! And the best thing is that its so healthy!

    Make it Easy - Ohayo! I bet you cook up some delicious seaweed dishes!

    From a sow's ear! Hello petal! Doitashimashite! xxx

    Ii-ne-kore! Hello. How are you lovely? I know it does sound a little scary but I think its okay if you just eat it once a month or so. eek I probably eat it more than that! I only just found about about the arsenic traces when I was posting about it! oh my pleasure about the links etc! Would love to see one of your gorgeous vegetarian dinners!

    Hi Hiki-san! You are so lucky that you can buy hijiki freely! Iina~! I always have to stock up when I go to Tokyo! 'Mama-san' sounds so cute! I think I should start calling my mum that! hehe!

    Love Love
    Hello Sandwich
    xxx

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  7. Alrighty, at the risk of sounding really hopeless at cooking, do you happen to have receipes for the two hijiki dishes above?

    Thanks for your really sweet comments in my blog. It's high time I updated my links too :)

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  8. I love Grace's card - it is cute enough to put in a bento. And how amazing that dinner must have been!
    Lee Tran

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  9. it looks delicious, feeling hungry!- i must + will try it out. x mady

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  10. oooh,
    i can't wait to get to australia and the cold AND A KITCHEN... and try this itadkimasu out
    thanks and stuff x

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  11. i could kill for sOme japanese food!!!!!!!!!!!i use to go to DOndon on Oxford st/ sydney....so good!

    Love ur bLog more and more...

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  12. Just wanted to say i LOVE your blog Hello Sandwich!

    Little Sparrow x

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  13. The card is too cute! And I love Kewpie mayonnaise! Haha. It's awesome. I eat it in my sandwiches! Anyway, I hope your thesis writing has been going swell! I miss reading your blog posts! Haha

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