Tadashi's Grilled Tomatoes

By winefoot

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 3 tbsp. soy sauce
• 1 tbsp. red yuzu kosho
• 1 tsp. sansho
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• 4 medium tomatoes, cored and halved crosswise
• 1 cup roughly chopped mitsuba, parsley, or cilantro leaves and stems

Preparation

Step 1

1. Whisk oil, garlic, soy sauce, yuzu kosho, sansho, and salt in a 9″ x 13″ baking dish. Add tomatoes; toss to coat and lay cut side down in dish. Let tomatoes marinate at room temperature for 15 minutes.

2. Heat a charcoal grill or set a gas grill to high; bank coals or turn off burner on one side. Reserve marinade and grill tomatoes, cut side down, on hottest part of grill until slightly charred, 2-4 minutes. Flip tomatoes and spoon reserved marinade over tops; continue to grill without flipping until tomatoes are slightly caramelized, 6-8 minutes. Garnish with mitsuba.