Mentaiko Spaghetti Recipe - Japanese Cooking 101

By Japanese Cooking 101 · 15 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Boil spaghetti in a large pot of boiling water (about 3 quarts / 3 L) with 1 Tbsp salt, cooking for the time on the package.
2. While the pasta cooks, thinly slice the green onions.
3. Make a small cut in the Mentaiko skin and push or squeeze the roe out of it.
4. In a large bowl, mix 1/4 cup of the loose Mentaiko, the soy sauce, butter, 3 Tbsp pasta cooking water and lemon juice.
5. Drain the hot spaghetti, add it to the sauce and toss.
6. Plate the spaghetti and top with the green onions and the remaining 2 Tbsp Mentaiko.

Summarized from Japanese Cooking 101's video. Watch it for the details.

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