Miso Short Neck Clam Don

Name: Miso Short Neck Clam Don (Fukagawa Don)
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: Shredded Old ginger for garnishing; Steamed rice 400 g (14 oz); Japanese leek 1½ stalks, diagonally sliced; Chopped spring onions (scallions) for garnishing; Chopped spring onions (scallions) for garnishing; Johakuto sugar 1 tsp; Short neck clams (asari) 24; Shinshu miso 2 tsp; Mirin 2 tsp; Water 180 ml (6 fl oz / ¾ cup)

Fukagawa Don

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Donburi

By Aki Watanabe

Published 2022

About

Asari, or short neck clams, are flavourful and go very well with rice. Deliciously savoury, this is one of Tokyo’s specialities.

Ingredients

Water 180 ml (6 fl oz / ¾ cup)
Short neck clams (asari)

Asia
Japan
Lunch
Fish course
Pescatarian
Tokyo
Gluten-free

Method

Boil water in a pot. Cook clams with a lid on until the shells open. Drain and set clams aside. Reserve clam stock.
Measure out 140 ml (4¾ fl oz) of clam stock. Add water if