Hotaru Ika recipe! Firefly squid and celery otsumami in Japan

Hello!
Kinako here.

Today I cooked otsumami using “Hotaru Ika”.
If you like seafood and sake, you might like this food, too.

I tried a recipe using Hotaru ika (Firefly squid)

The other day my mother found the “Hotaru Ika recipe” in a newspaper.

So we got “Hotaru Ika” at a supermarket right away and I tried the recipe today.
It was super easy and I finished cooking in 3 minutes!!

When I ate one, I thought this might go well with sake.
The taste of soy sauce and Ichimi were good for Hotaru Ika.

I love seafood and this was okay, too.
But if you don’t like the peculiar smell of squid, you might not like this.

Anyway, I share the recipe here.

Hotaru Ika (Firefly squid) Otsumami recipe

Ingredients for Hotaru Ika recipe

Boiled Hotaru Ika 90g
Celery 10 cm
Mayonnaise 1 tablespoon
Soy sauce 2 teaspoons ~
Ichimi a little
Salt a little

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How to cook Hotaru Ika Otsumami with celery

Cut the celery and put in a little salt and stir it gently.

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Remove the eyes.

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After you wipe them with kitchen paper gently, put them into a deep plate.

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Add mayonnaise and soy sauce and stir them gently.
Put some Ichimi.

Soy sauce is important for this Hotaru Ika recipe

I thought the soy sauce did a good job.
Without soy sauce, the squid smell is a little bit strong.

So don’t forget to put Soy sauce!

You can buy “Hotaru Ika (Firefly squid)” online

Some supermarkets have Hotaru Ika during March-June, but if you can’t find it, you can get it online.

In Rakuten-Ichiba, this product is so popular!

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