If you hesitate to eat sashimi (raw fish slices), try this recipe. The ginger flavored sweet sauce is delicious. Serve it with steamed rice.
Ingredients:
- 4 Tbsp. mirin
- 2 Tbsp. sake
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 4 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
- 1 lb. sushi grade yellowfin tuna, sliced into 1/4 inch thick.
- *katakuriko or corn starch
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 Tbsp white sesame seeds
Preparation:
Mix mirin, sake, sugar, soy sauce, and ginger in a bowl. Cover tuna slices lightly with katakuriko starch. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet and fry tuna slices on medium heat for a minute on each side. Pour the sauce over the tuna slices and simmer until the sauce is almost gone. Stop the heat and sprinkle sesame seeds.*Makes 4 servings
