simmered dish; vegetables or fish simmered in a light broth
A Japanese dish where ingredients (often vegetables or fish) are first grilled or fried, then simmered in a seasoned broth (typically soy sauce and mirin). The name literally means 'simmered and soaked'.
Tonight's side dish is simmered eggplant.
Simmered fish is delicious even when it cools down.
Standard kanji spelling for this dish.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, also common.
Compound of 煮 (ni, 'simmering') + 浸し (hitashi, 'soaking'). The term describes the cooking method of simmering and then letting the ingredients soak in the seasoned broth.