The best recipe for seafood lovers is this one. This Japanese method of preparation involves steaming clams with sake, mirin, and a small amount of green onion. My hubby really enjoys it.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 teaspoons sake
- 4 teaspoons mirin (Japanese sweet wine)
- 2 teaspoons rice vinegar
- 1 ¼ pounds clams in shell, scrubbed
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 green onion, chopped
Instructions
- Scrub and rinse clams. Soak in a large bowl of cold water for 5 minutes. Drain thoroughly.
- Heat a wok or large saucepan over high heat. Quickly pour in the sake, mirin and rice vinegar. Add the clams; cover and cook until the clams open, 3 to 4 minutes. Discard any clams that do not open.
- Remove any scum that forms on the surface using a spoon or paper towel. Stir in the butter, soy sauce and green onion, tossing to coat the clams as the butter melts. Arrange clams on a serving plate and drizzle the sauce over them. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 121 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 34 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 155 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Very simple and easy to make. Unfortunately I had to use frozen clams
I Have to tell You This one is a keeper. I Love Clams and it’s just perfect the way YOU make it! I Will be making this one again and again. Thank You for Sharing a Great Recipe with Us!
The goal is to achieve clarity in the broth. So I ditched the soy sauce and used kosher salt. Also added another dash of good sake after taking clams off the fire in order to taste a bit of the alcohol.
I use Countnecks ,the smallest legal size Or Littlenecks the next size bigger After I steam them open I losen the clam in it’s half of the shell,but don’t separate the other half of the shell. I give it a 10
Very easy to make and the sauce is extremely forgiving. Its a great side or main course dish 😀
delicious!
the flavor was to die for, but we may have slightly overcooked out clams; they were slightly chewy.
I made this recipe a couple of months ago and my hubby, who is sceptical of clams, loved it. When he asked for it today I dug out the recipe, added it to my recipe notebook (only recipes I will prepare again and again make it in), and decided I should add my review. I prepared the clams as per the recipe. At the end I sprinkled it with lots of green onions sliced in long, diagonal slices just to pretty it up. This one is a keeper – easy to prepare and delicious. Many thanks to Lilibeth for the recipe.
I haven’t try this recipe yet, but it sounds good. I just want to post my question here for those who have tried this recipe. The amount of liquid (sake, mirin, rice vingar, and soy sauce) seen to be very little compare to the amount of clams. Is that work out OK? Or I should double the liquid? Thanks
This is really delicious. I quadrupled this recipe, but only doubled the butter. Excellent – thanks!
This was very different than any other clam dish I’ve had. It was very sweet; actually much sweeter than I expected. I’d make it again but I’d love to know what others are serving with this dish. I served miso soup but that wasn’t a very good match to the flavor of this dish.