Slow Cooker Miso Oysters with Shiitake Risotto
Elegant slow-cooked oysters in miso broth served with risotto
Category
Main Course
Prep
30 minutes
Cook
180 minutes
Style
Fusion
Technique
Slow cooking
Diet Friendly
Gluten-Free
Daily recipe · April 30, 2024
A little about this dish
Welcome to the fusion of elegant simplicity and deep umami character. Our key ingredient today is oysters, loved for their briny, oceanic flavor profile. We pair them with classic Japanese ingredients like dashi, mirin, and miso offering a complex and subtle flavor to our slow-cooked dish.
Ingredients (for 4)
- Fresh oysters — 16 pieces — cleaned and shells reserved
- Dashi — 2.5 cups
- White miso paste — 2 tablespoons
- Mirin — 2 tablespoons
- Sake — 1 tablespoon
- Coconut oil — 2 tablespoons
- Green onions — 4 — thinly sliced
- Pickled ginger — for garnish
- Arborio rice — 1.5 cups
- Dried shiitake mushrooms — 1 cup — rehydrated in hot water
- Salt — to taste
Preparation
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Step 1 — 🦪💦🚿Scrub the oyster shells clean, shuck the oysters and reserve the juice.
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Step 2 — 🍲🥣🥢In the slow cooking pot, add dashi, mirin, sake, and miso paste. Stir until well combined.
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Step 3 — 🦪🍲👌Carefully add the oyster and its juice into the pot. Cover and set the slow cooker to low.
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Step 4 — 🕑🦪➡🍲Cook on low for 2-3 hours till the oysters are just cooked. Don't overcook as it can turn the oysters rubbery.
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Step 5 — 🥘🔥🍚While the oysters are cooking, heat the coconut oil in a skillet, add the Arborio rice and toast lightly.
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Step 6 — 🍄💧🍚Add the rehydrated shiitake mushrooms and their liquid into the rice. Cook until all the liquid is absorbed by the rice.
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Step 7 — 🥣🍲🍚Ladle some of the miso broth from the slow cooker into the rice and stir till absorbed. Repeat the process till the rice is cooked aldente.
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Step 8 — 🍽️🦪🍚Once the rice and oysters are done, plate the dish with risotto at the bottom, topped with four oysters each, generously ladled with miso broth. Garnish with green onions and pickled ginger.
A final fox tip
This recipe is adaptable! If you're not a fan of shiitake or might have trouble finding them, substitute with any mushroom of choice. Also, kids might enjoy helping with the shiitake risotto - they can stir in the broth and see the risotto cream up before their very eyes!