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HOW TO COOK

Pig ear (Mimi-ga) sashimi
(5 servings)

100g Pig ear (mimi-ga)
1 cucumber
60g Japanese Bean-sprout (moyashi)
50g (3 tablespoons ) peanut butter
2 teaspoons to 1 tablespoon sweet, white miso
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoon vinegar

1. Burn the hair on pig ear by direct heat from the stove. Then shave them with a razor. Wash it with hot water and boil in a pan for about 30 minutes.

2. Thinly slice pig ear into 4cm length. Sprinkle salt on top and leave it for a while. Then boil the pieces to get rid of the fat and salt. Drain and leave it in a bamboo basket or a strainer.
Rub cucumber with salt and roll it on a cutting board. Rinse salt. Thinly slice cucumber into 4cm length. Cut the slice into strips.

3. Boil bean sprouts in a saucepan. Drain with strainer. Rinse the sprouts with vinegar.

4. In a mortar, mix peanut butter, sweet white miso, sugar and salt. Add vinegar little by little and make peanut vinegar sauce.

5. Mix pig ear, cucumber and bean sprouts with peanut vinegar sauce. Serve.