Seonkyoung Longest Mom's Braised Korean Cod

Ingredients

• 1½ lb fresh cod fillets

For the Sauce

• 1 tbsp Korean soup soy sauce
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp mirin
• 1 tsp  Korean plum extract or maple syrup or raw honey
• 2 tbsp gochujang, Korean red pepper paste
• 2 to 4 tbsp red pepper flakes, adjust to your liking
• ½ cup rice starch water (the water comes out from washing rice, only use 2nd rinsed water)
• 24 cloves garlic, smashed (approximately ½ cup)
• 2 oz ginger, peeled and sliced or julienne
• 2 serrano or jalapeno, sliced
• 3 to 4 green onions, sliced
• 1 small tomato, sliced
• pinch of black pepper

For the Vegetables

• 1 lb korean radish or potato, peeled and sliced into ½-inch thick
• ¾ onion, ½-inch sliced
• 5 shiitake mushrooms, sliced