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Great recipe for Versatile Seasoning from the Countryside Shio-koji. The procedures to make this differs by family. I use this recipe taught by my mother to marinate fish and meats, and to make pickled vegetables. Older people told me to use water from the winter months and Shochu (Japanese.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook versatile seasoning from the countryside shio-koji using 12 ingredients and 25 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Versatile Seasoning from the Countryside Shio-koji:

1. Prepare 1 kg Rice malt (kome koji)
2. Make ready 2 1/2 cup Salt
3. Get 600 ml Water (1st day)
4. Take 150 ml Water (2nd day)
5. Prepare If using 1 kg of rice malt (kome koji)
6. Get 300 grams or 250 grams Salt
7. Get 600 ml Water (1st day)
8. Make ready 150 ml Water (2nd day)
9. Get If using 500 g of rice malt (kome koji)
10. Take 150 grams or 125 grams Salt
11. Prepare 300 ml Water (1st day)
12. Get 75 ml Water (2nd day)

Shio koji is primarily used as a marinade for poultry, meat, and seafood. It's made by fermenting a mixture of grain koji (cooked grain, most commonly rice, that has been inoculated with Aspergillus Oryzae and then dried), salt, and water to create a porridge-textured product with a sweet, funky aroma. Shio-koji is a mixture of salt and koji, it is salty, but there are the umami and sweet tastes produced by fermentation. Therefore, it can be substituted salt or soy sauce to reduce salt for cooking, bring out the umami of food, and can be used as a sauce.

Steps to make Versatile Seasoning from the Countryside Shio-koji:

1. I changed the vague measurements to exact. Please adjust the water amount according to the season.
2. This is the rice malt (kome koji). The packaging will differ among manufacturers.
3. If you are making a small amount, the ratio of rice malt to water should be 3:1 or 4:1. Use 250~300g water for 1 kg of rice malt.
4. Mix salt and rice malt well in a large bowl, and put in a tupperware or porcelain bottle. Do not use a metal container, since it'll react with the salt.
5. Pour in water to cover the mixture.
6. Seal well with a plastic wrap and close the lid. Keep at the room temperature.
7. If you live in a warm area and are making it in the summertime, store in the refrigerator from the beginning. It takes slightly longer to make.
8. It is hard to see in the picture, but the grains have absorbed the water the next day.
9. The grains are still intact. Add the water (2nd day) and mix well. This is the only time you'll add water.
10. Stir once a day. It's ok if you forget.
11. This is the 5th day. It starts to look pulpy.
12. 10th day. It looks slimy.
13. It is ready when the grains can be easily crushed if you pinch it with your fingers It depends on the season, but it should be ready in 10~14 days.
14. You do not need to store with plastic wrap or stir it. There is no problem if you forgot to stir before it's done. ( o )
15. I recommend to store it in the refrigerator.
16. As you can see in the picture, the color has turned slightly off-white.
17. This is my mother's 3 years-old Shio Koji The color turns darker like caramel. She makes hers with less water than me.
18. It tends to be saltier when fresh, but the flavor will mellow with age. Please adjust the amount and marinating time.
19. My mother says, "you don't have to be precise over something like salt."
20. I marinated and grilled salmon - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/148302-shio-koji-brined-grilled-fish
21. Grilled chicken wings for the side - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/148221-salmon-fried-rice-using-frozen-rice
22. I made pickled vegetables: - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/143581-shio-koji-pickles
23. More pickled vegetables: If you chop the vegetables before pickling, you don't have to wash the Shio-koji.） - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/143581-shio-koji-pickles
24. I marinated a thick pork belly. If you're using tenderloin, score the meat before pickling. - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/143558-shio-koji-roast-pork
25. I marinated and grilled chicken wings. - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/148309-shio-koji-chicken-wings

Shio-koji is a mixture of salt and koji, it is salty, but there are the umami and sweet tastes produced by fermentation. Therefore, it can be substituted salt or soy sauce to reduce salt for cooking, bring out the umami of food, and can be used as a sauce. How To Marinate Meat With Shio Koji Ingredients, Seasoning Shio Koji: The Healthy Japanese Ingredient Everyone Should Be Using. Adding depths of flavor to a wide variety of dishes, shio koji has been utilized in Japan for millennia, serving as an ingredient, a seasoning and as a fermentation agent for foods like miso and alcoholic beverages like the Japanese. Shio koji (塩麹, 塩糀) is a natural seasoning used to marinate, tenderize, and enhance the umami, or richness (one of the five basic tastes) in foods.

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