Steps to Prepare Favorite Ajillo with Japanese Leek and Nagaimo

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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Ajillo with Japanese Leek and Nagaimo is 3 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook Ajillo with Japanese Leek and Nagaimo using 10 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

Everybody in my family loves ajillo so I often make this. We like normal leeks but we can't get them in Japan, so use Japanese leeks instead. I like to combine the Japanese leeks with other ingredients in ajillo dishes. They are rather unique combinations, but you can make this dish with the usual ingredients you have at home, and people love it, so I decided to upload this recipe. -Follow every step exactly and you can make this dish easily. -If you follow the instructions from Step 1 to 4 precisely, the texture of the ingredients will be just right. -If you dip baguette in the oil, season the oil with more salt. Recipe by *ai*

Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Ajillo with Japanese Leek and Nagaimo:

1. 250 ml Extra virgin olive oil (look at Step 14)
2. 1 bulb Garlic (peel each clove/ look at Step 16)...A
3. 50 cm long Japanese leek (cut into 4 to 5-cm lengths)
4. 5 cm long Nagaimo (peel and slice into 1 cm thick half rounds or quarter rounds if it is large)
5. 1 Red chilli (sliced)...B
6. 3 to 4 Anchovy fillets...B
7. 1 Natural Salt (or Krazy Salt) …C
8. 1 Oregano...C
9. 1 Black pepper
10. 1 Italian parsley (other herbs or none)

Steps to make to make Ajillo with Japanese Leek and Nagaimo

1. Put A ingredients into a cold frying pan. Place over a low heat. Cook slowly until the garlic and Japanese leek infuse their flavour into the oil.
2. When the bottom parts of the garlic and Japanese leek soaked in oil are golden brown, turn over. If they are not cooked evenly, swap the positions.
3. After turning over Step 2, add the B ingredients. Cook slowly over a low heat. Anchovies are going to melt down slowly.
4. When the garlic and nagaimo are tender, turn the heat off. Stir quickly and check the taste. Season with the C ingredients.
5. [Additional note] Even if you use the same amount of anchovies, the amount of salt which the ingredients will absorb differs according to the timing at which you add the anchovies.
6. According to one user, you can season the ajillo by adding a little chopped anchovies along with the C ingredients in Step 4.
7. When it tastes the way you like, add the Italian parsley and bring back to the boil quickly.
8. Sprinkle with coarsely ground black pepper and serve while very hot. Serve with French baguette.
9. I love this sweet and soft Japanese leek. Japanese leek is a staple ingredient for my ajillo dishes.
10. You won't believe how tender and fluffy the nagaimo will be...for ajillo, I prefer nagaimo to potatoes.
11. Usually you add chopped garlic to ajillo but I like it with them as whole cloves because they will be fluffy and tasty. It is a great combination with anchovies.
12. I usually serve ajillo in the same dish I cooked with. Or you can make a large batch and divide into small ramekins. You can use any dishes you like to serve this.
13. For ajillo with Japanese leek, dried tomatoes and seafood in a 10 cm pot. Look at this recipe to know the resultant quantity you will make. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/147338-ajillo-with-japanese-leek-and-dried-tomatoes
14. [Additional note] The amount of olive oil in Step 1 is suitable for a 20-cm grilling pan, and this covers half of the 2 cm in diameter Japanese leek.
15. By adding the nagaimo later in this recipe, plenty of oil will be left in the resultant dish as in the profile photo. Add more oil if you like.
16. If you add more oil, add more anchovies too.has more oil. Adjust the amounts accordingly... https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/147338-ajillo-with-japanese-leek-and-dried-tomatoes
17. I used whole cloves of garlic but use chopped garlic if you prefer. If so, reduce the amount to 2 cloves.

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