Stir-Fried Potato With Red Pepper

By á-174942

Ingredients

• 2 potatoes
• 1 3/8 ounces carrot
• 1/2 celery stalk
• 1 3/8 ounces boiled and dried young sardine
• (chirimenjako)
• 2 tablespoons salad oil for frying
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons sake (Japanese rice wine)
• 2 tablespoons sweetened cooking sake (mirin)
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce (shoyu)
• Salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon kelp-flavored fish stock (nidashijiru)
• Powdered red pepper (ichimi-togarashi) to taste

Preparation

Step 1

Wash potatoes and peel. Cut into 1 1/2-inch matchstick-size pieces and soak in water.

Wash carrot and celery; cut to same size as potato.

Place boiled, dried sardine on bamboo tray or colander; pour boiling water over it.

Heat salad oil and stir-fry drained potatoes, carrot, celery and sardine. Add seasonings and simmer until liquid disappears.

Add powdered red pepper and toss.

This recipe yields 4 servings.