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simmered dish; braised food
A Japanese cooking method and the resulting dish where ingredients are simmered in a seasoned broth of soy sauce, mirin, sugar, and sake until the liquid is reduced and the flavors are absorbed.
One of the fundamental Japanese home cooking techniques. The most common combination is 魚の煮付け (simmered fish), especially with flat white fish like カレイ (flounder) or 金目鯛 (splendid alfonsino). 煮物 is the broader term for simmered dishes in general, while 煮付け specifically implies cooking until the broth is reduced and concentrated. The verb form is 煮付ける.
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煮魚 (simmered fish)
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味噌煮 (simmered in miso)