Ingredients

Miso marinated Sole:

• 1/4 cup white miso
• 1/4 cup mirin
• 1/4 cup sake
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 (1-inch) piece ginger root, sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 fillets sole
• Oil, to saute
• Jasmine Rice, recipe follows
• Orange Fennel Salad, recipe follows
• Braised Boy Choy, recipe follows

Directions

Jasmine Rice:

1/4 cup olive oil

1 tablespoon sliced ginger

1 cup jasmine rice

1 teaspoon black sesame seeds

In a medium sized saute pan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add the sliced ginger and fry the pieces until they are browned and crispy. In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups of water to a rolling boil. Add the rice to the pot and turn down the heat to low. Cover the pot and allow the rice to simmer until all of the water is absorbed. Before serving, stir the fried ginger and black sesame seeds into the pot.

Orange Fennel Salad:

1 bulb fennel

1/8 cup chopped orange segments

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1/8 cup olive oil

1 teaspoon sugar

Salt and freshly ground pepper

Clean and slice the fennel bulb into thin strips. In a medium sized bowl, combine all of the remaining ingredients. Mix the fennel strips into the bowl with the vinaigrette and toss everything together. Set aside.

Braised Bok Choy:

1 tablespoon ginger oil

3 heads baby bok choy, cleaned

1/4 cup chicken stock

1 teaspoon soy sauce

In a large saute pan, heat ginger oil over medium-high heat. Add the cleaned stalks of bok choy into the pan and allow the stalks to simmer in the oil. Add chicken stock and soy sauce to the pan and cover the pan until the bok choy becomes tender.