Japanese Oyster Shooters

Prep time: 20 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

Impress guests with Japanese oyster and quail egg shots, with sweet and salty flavors that come together in a taste explosion!

Ingredients

1/2 cup mirin (Japanese sweet wine)
3 tablespoons sake
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon wasabi powder
12 fresh oysters
6 quail eggs
3/4 teaspoon tobiko (flying fish roe)
6 lemon wedges

Directions

1 Whisk together mirin, sake, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, and wasabi powder in a bowl. Allow mixture to sit at room temperature until sediments sink to the bottom of the bowl, about 2 hours.
2 Shuck oysters; place 2 oysters in each shooter glass.
3 Ladle 2 tablespoons mirin mixture into each glass, without disturbing sediments at the bottom.
4 Crack 1 quail egg into each glass. Top each with 1/8 teaspoon tobiko and garnish with lemon wedges. Serve immediately.