Sea Bream Rice – Happy Donabe Life

Ingredients

• 1 whole small sea bream (can substitute with sea bass), scaled and gutted (mine was about 1.5 lbs/ 700 g but it can be 2/3 of the size or smaller)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
• 3 rice-cups (540 ml) short grain rice , rinsed
• 2 cups (480 ml) dashi or water
• 3 tablespoons sake
• 2 tablespoons usukuchi shoyu (light-color soy sauce)
• 1 piece (about 2” x 4”/ 5 cm x 10 cm) kombu , soak in above dashi or water until soft
• 1.5 oz (50 g) ginger, cut into very fine shreds
• 4 – 6 medium shiitake mushrooms, sliced into 1/4” (6 mm) thick
• Some dill for garnish (optional)