🍲 Donko-jiru (Dark sleeper Soup)

"Donko" (=Dark sleeper) is a fish inhabits from around Hakodate in Hokkaido to the coast along Hama-douri area in Fukushima Prefecture. The official name is "brown hakeling", and it is often cooked at home in the prefecture because of reasonable price and good taste. Various dishes using "donko" are taking root in many areas, and "donko-jiru" is eaten mainly in Soma City. It's a soup simmered "donko" and vegetables. "Donko" meat and liver are used in this soup and it condensed savory flavors. By the way, "donko" loses its freshness quickly, and you can eat it raw sashimi at the local site only.