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Sailor's Rift Saltfish - Cured Hamachi

A salty cured fish snack that goes well plain or with plenty of different sauces. This will serve your DnD party well on their next sailing voyage, and boosts their dexterity too!
Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword cured, dexterity, DnD, dungeons and dragons, edamame, fish, hamachi, salt, soy sauce
Prep Time 10 minutes
Curing Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 10 minutes
Servings 6 sailors
Calories 355kcal
Author TheEverhearthInn
Cost 20 gold

Equipment

  • 1 roll plastic wrap
  • 1 Blender

Ingredients

Fish

  • 3 tbsp ground pepper
  • 3 tbsp ground coriander
  • 9 tbsp salt
  • 7 ½ tbsp sugar
  • 28 oz hamachi filet or other quality white fish filet, the curing process will generally make raw fish food-safe, but go with sashimi-grade fish just in case

Dressing

  • 1 ½ cup shelled edamame
  • 1 ½ tbsp salt
  • 1 ½ tsp sugar
  • 3 tsp soy sauce
  • 9.5 oz Inglehoffer cream style horseradish sauce or other creamy horseradish sauce
  • 1 tbsp japanese mustard
  • 1 cup water
  • 8 tbsp japanese rice seasoning

Instructions

  • Mix the fish seasonings together and thoroughly coat the fish filets. Wrap them tightly in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for 3 hours. Meanwhile, work on making the dressing but once the fish are done scrape off the excess seasoning.
  • Heat up the edamame. Set aside a handful for garnish then dump the rest into a blender along with all the dressing ingredients besides the rice seasoning. Blend until smooth.
  • Slice the fish into roughly 1/4 inch thick slices, and serve on top of a dollop of the dressing with some edamame and rice seasoning garnished on top. Or for a particularly rowdy bunch of sailors, have them dip into individual dipping bowls of dressing and avoid all the fanciness. These folks have adventuring to get back to.

Notes

This recipe is inspired by the Cured Hamachi recipe from a fantastic cookbook we got over the holidays, Momofuku. If you'd like to see the original and support the Inn by using our affiliate link, click here. We simplified some parts, adjusted quantities, and raised the amount of horseradish creaminess. This recipe is a fantastic way for your Dungeons and Dragons players to feel immersed during their next high seas adventure! Make sure to give them a +1 to their dexterity stat!