Recipe: Tuna Tataki

the appetizer:

Some Western culinary influences in Japan, including Portugal (tempura) and the Americas (teppanyaki), have been so integrated into Japanese cooking, it is difficult to differentiate them from more traditional Japanese cuisine like sushi and kaiseki. Standard Japanese meals usually include rice, soup, pickles and an entree, like fish or vegetables.

Japan

Tuna Tataki

Serves 4

4 Tuna steaks
Black peppercorns, coarsely cracked

Dipping Sauce:
1/2 cup Peanut oil
1 ounce Sesame oil
2 ounces Soy sauce
1/2 ounce Garlic—grated
1/2 ounce Ginger—grated
5 spice powder to taste

Roll tuna in cracked black pepper then sear it in a very hot cast iron pan without oil. let cool slighly, then slice thinly. Serve with dipping sauce.

Sauce:
1/2 cup peanut oil
1 oz. sesame oil
2 oz. soy sauce
1/2 oz grated garlic
1/2 oz grated ginger
5 spice powder to taste

Slice tuna very thin, serve with sauce down and garnish with pickled ginger. A great appetizer.

Japan

Japanese Recipes

from Kate's Global Kitchen:

Japanese Cookbooks with Recipes

Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art by Shizuo Tsuji
At the Japanese Table by Lesley Downer
Japanese Cooking by Miyoko Nishimoto Schinner
Sake by Beau Timken and Sara Deseran
The Book of Miso by William Shurtleff & Akiko Aoyagi
The Breakaway Japanese Kitchen by Eric Gower

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