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Recipe

Bass Satay with Asparagus

serves
prep time: 10
cook time: 1451

ingredients

Marinade:
1 cup sake
1 cup mirin
1 cup miso
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped ginger
1/2 cup chopped garlic
Satay:
2 pieces Chilean sea bass (1/4 cup each)
4 jumbo stalks peeled asparagus (4 inches)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon minced chives

directions

Combine marinade ingredients. Reserve 2 tablespoons and marinate bass in the rest (covered, in the refrigerator) for 24 hours. Spear each piece of fish on a wooden skewer. Place on foil-lined pan and broil until sauce caramelizes, 4 minutes. Toss asparagus with oil, salt, and pepper. Heat a saute, pan (no oil) over high heat, 7 minutes. Add asparagus, saute, all sides. Arrange asparagus on a plate. Top with bass, drizzle with reserved marinade, garnish with chives. (To evaporate alcohol, increase sake and mirin to 1 1/4 cups each. Simmer until mixture is reduced by half and is syrupy.)