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tuna simmered in soy sauce

  • Serves: 2
  • Calories: 255 kcal
  • Total Time: 45 m
    • Prep: 5 m
    • Cook: 40 m
  • Japanese: Maguro no nimono
Tuna Simmered in Soy Sauce
Ingredients

ingredients:

  • 10 1/2 ounces raw tuna
  • 3 1/2 cups water
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/2 cup sake or white wine
Step 1

step 1:

Cut the tuna into bite-size pieces.

Step 2

step 2:

Pour 1 cup of the water into a pan and bring to a boil. Add the tuna and remove from the heat after the tuna changes color.

Step 3

step 3:

Drain. Put the tuna into a bowl filled with 2 cups of the water. Clean any scum off the tuna.

Step 4

step 4:

Pour the sake (or white wine) and the remaining 1/2 cup of water into the pan. Add the sugar, soy sauce and tuna. Put some aluminum foil over the tuna inside the pan. Simmer on medium-low heat for about 30 minutes.

Maguro no nimono

comment:

This dish using soy sauce and alcohol highly reduces the fish smell. The dish is best served with Japanese sake or shōchū and steamed rice.

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