Fried Scallops and Vegetable Don

Name: Fried Scallops and Vegetable Don (Furai Don)
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: Ground white pepper for seasoning; Hardboiled egg ½, chopped; Japanese mayonnaise 4 Tbsp; Scallops 6, patted dry; Yellow onion ½, peeled and cut into 1-cm (½-in) slices; Asparagus spears 2, ends trimmed and cut into 4-cm (1¾-in) strips; Steamed rice 400 g (14 oz); Vegetable oil for deep-frying; Egg 1, beaten, for coating; Plain (all-purpose) flour for dusting; Hardboiled egg 2 quarters, shelled and halved; Breadcrumbs for coating; Japanese mustard (karashi) to taste; Japanese mustard (karashi) to taste; shibazuke 4 Tbsp, chopped; Yellow onion ¼, peeled and chopped; Cherry tomatoes for garnishing; Lettuce for garnishing; Tonkatsu sauce to taste; Cucumber slices for garnishing

Furai Don

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Donburi

By Aki Watanabe

Published 2022

About

This crunchy and savoury treat is a delight when served with three different sauces, one of which is shibazuke tartar sauce. Shibazuke is a pickled vegetable that is both sweet and sour. It makes a flavourful dip when paired with tartar sauce.

Ingredients

Scallops 6, patted dry
Plain (all-purpose) flour for dusting
Egg 1, beaten, for coating

Asia
Japan
Fish course
Lunch
Pescatarian

Method

Prepare shibazuke tartar sauce. Soak chopped onion in water for 15 minutes. Drain and mix with the rest of the ingredients for tartar sauce. Mix well and set aside.
Dust scallops with flour, then coat with egg, followed by breadcrumbs. Do the same for egg, asparagus and onion.
Heat oil to