Sake & Birch Syrup-Roasted Sablefish & Fresh Peas & Chard Recipe – Sunset Magazine

Ingredients

• 7 tablespoons tamari or soy sauce
• 7 tablespoons birch syrup* or maple syrup
• 1/4 to 1/2 fresh or dried Thai chile, minced
• 1-in. piece fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 smashed, peeled garlic cloves, plus 2 minced garlic cloves
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme, plus 1 tsp. leaves
• 2 tablespoons sake kasu* (sake lees) or white miso
• 4 skinned sablefish fillets (each about 6 oz. and 3/4 in. thick)
• 5 tablespoons butter or olive oil, divided
• 1/2 white onion, finely diced
• 1 cup shelled fresh peas
• 1/2 bunch rainbow Swiss chard, leaves stripped from ribs and torn into pieces; ribs and stems diced