BLACK COD WITH STEAMED GREENS AND KIMCHI RICE
BLACK COD WITH STEAMED GREENS AND KIMCHI RICE
BLACK COD WITH STEAMED GREENS AND KIMCHI RICE

Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 x 200g/7oz black cod fillets
  • 150ml/5fl oz sake
  • 150ml/5fl oz mirin
  • 4 tbsp white miso paste
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 2 bok choi
  • 2 pak choi
  • 400g/14oz Chinese broccoli
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • thinly sliced
  • thumb-sized piece fresh root ginger
  • peeled and cut into thin batons
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 250g/9oz cold cooked rice
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds
  • toasted
  • 3 spring onions
  • finely chopped
  • 300g/10½oz kimchi
  • finely chopped
  • 200ml/7fl oz kimchi juice (from the jar) or 1 tbsp Korean chilli paste
  • 1 bunch enoki mushrooms
Directions
  • For the cod
  • put the sake
  • mirin
  • miso paste and sugar into a medium saucepan and bring the boil. Take off the heat and allow to cool. Put the cod fillets in a non-metal container and pour over the marinade. Cover and put in the fridge to marinate for 2 hours.
  • Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7.
  • Remove the fish from the marinade and pat dry with kitchen paper.
  • Heat the oil in a large ovenproof pan and sear the cod
  • flesh side down
  • for 2 minutes. Turn the fish over and roast in the oven for 6–8 minutes.
  • Meanwhile
  • to cook the rice
  • heat the vegetable and sesame oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Sauté the kimchi and mushrooms for 5 minutes until soft. Add the kimchi juice and rice and stir-fry until the rice has heated through.
  • For the greens
  • heat the oil in a pan and sauté the ginger and garlic for 1 minute. Add the greens and splash of water to steam-fry. Add the light and dark soy sauces and serve.
  • Serve the cod with the rice and spring greens and garnish with the spring onions and sesame seeds.