Grilled Hon Maguro Tuna Misozuke 本まぐろの味噌漬け
Misozuke creates a wonderful taste for grilled fish, chicken and even beef. Sake and mirin is added to miso paste, just like the kind used for soup, and then the fish is marinated for a day or two. I used a cut of tuna 'throat' for this.
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Sake Kasu Zanmai: Grilled Hon Maguro Tuna ‘Throat’ Kasuzuke
Grilled Hon Maguro Nodo 'Tuna Throat' Kasuzuke 本まぐろ 'のど' 粕漬け
What do you do when grilled 'kama' fish collars no longer do it for you? Try fish throats! Yes, throat! (I had never even heard of this one.)
I spotted these beautiful slices of maguro tuna throats in the store the other day and knew I had to try them. I packed ...
Sake Kasu Zanmai: Hon Maguro Tuna Cheek Kasuzuke Tataki
Sake Kasu Zanmai: Hon Maguro Tuna Cheek Kasuzuke Tataki 本まぐろほほ粕漬けたたき
Tataki: Tataki is half well done, half sashimi. I did some tuna cheek tataki. Back in Minnesota, when I was a kid, we used to freeze the cheeks from all the walleye we caught in an entire year to have a single 'cheek' dinner. Walleye cheeks aren't very big, maybe about ...
Yakizakana: Komochi Maruboshi Nishin (Grilled Dried Herring)
Yakizakana: Komochi Maruboshi Nishin (Grilled Dried Herring with Eggs) 焼き魚: 子持ち丸干しにしん
In Japan there are literally more ways to prepare fish than one can easily imagine. Yakizakana, grilled fish, is one of my all time favorites. Sakana-no-hoshimono, dried fish, is extremely tasty and quick and easy to make. I discovered this one the other day, it is a whole dried herring ...
Roasted Ginnan and Sardine Ichiya Boshi Chazuke
Roasted Ginnan and Ichiya Boshi Sardine Chazuke
塩焼き銀杏 うるめいわし一夜干し 茶漬け
Chazuke is a quick, simple meal, easily made tasty with a little creativity and often leftovers, then just pour on some tea and eat/drink it up! I prefer to use brown rice, genmai for chazuke (and fried rice) because of it's more complex and earthy flavor. It is far more nutritional than ...