.Step 1Partially pack a large bowl with cold water, add a handful of kosher salt, and swish along with your possession to liquify. Add 1 pound. small clams, if possible littleneck (10u00e2 $" 12), scrubbed permit rest 15 mins to eject any sort of grit. Very carefully drainpipe as well as rinse. If clams eliminated a lot of grit right into the dish, regular along with a fresh bowl of refreshing water and also salt. Set aside.Step 2Bring one 5x3" piece dried kombu and also 6 mugs water to a blister in a tool Dutch oven or various other hefty container over medium-high warm as well as cook till water begins to turn pale yellow and smells sealike, regarding 5 moments. Incorporate 2 large or 4 small zucchini (14u00e2 $ "16 ounces.), cut in half, very finely sliced into crescents, 1 little onion, cut in half by means of root point, thinly cut, and 5 garlic cloves, coarsely diced, as well as cook, stirring from time to time, till onion is actually semitransparent and also zucchini are almost cooked with, 6u00e2 $ "8 minutes.Step 3Using a large spoon, scoop big dollops of one 11-oz. cylinder or 14-oz. plan silken tofu right into broth, at that point incorporate one 3.5-oz. package deal enoki mushrooms or even 5u00e2 $ "6 ounces. beech mushrooms, stems trimmed, and also scheduled clams and push everything down delicately to immerse in fluid. Cover pan and cook till clams open, concerning 5 mins, depending on size of clams. (If any sort of clams carry out not open, cover, and also remain to prepare, checking every min or so, till available dispose of any kind of that carry out not open after 5 mins a lot more.) Make an effort to stay clear of mixing so tofu doesnu00e2 $ t rest up.Step 4Reduce heat energy to reduced as well as skim off any sort of foam from area. Include 2 Tbsp. fish sauce, 1 Tablespoon. soy products dressing, and 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or u00c2 1/2 tablespoon. Morton salt flavor and also period along with more salt if needed. Remove container coming from heat energy and also little by little drizzle 1 big egg, hammered to blend, across the stewu00e2 $ s surface area. Scatter 2 scallions, cut, over, after that drizzle in u00c2 1/2 tablespoon. cooked sesame oil.Step 5Cover stew and also offer, always keeping dealt with up until you are ready to ladle in to bowls, with steamed rice along with.