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Japanese · Starter

Gyuniku no Sashimi Seared Beef Sashimi

Japan's answer to steak tartare: a lean beef fillet seared hard over charcoal in the manner of bonito tataki, plunged into ice water, sliced whisper-thin and eaten with ponzu, chilli radish, ginger, shiso and wasabi.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on45 min
  • Total2 h 23 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

beef

  • 450 gprime lean beef sirloin, tenderloin or fillet, in one piece
  • ½ tspfine salt
  • ½large cucumber, peeled and seeded (or a 5 cm piece of nagaimo mountain yam)
  • 4 leavesshiso, whole, for the plates

condiments

  • 4 tbspfinely grated daikon
  • 100 gpiece of daikon, for red maple radish, peeled
  • 2small dried red chillies, seeded
  • 4 tbspgreen onion, finely chopped
  • 4 tspfresh ginger, finely grated
  • 4 leavesshiso, for shredding
  • 4 tspfreshly grated wasabi

ponzu

  • 60 mlfresh lemon or other sharp citrus juice
  • 20 mlrice vinegar
  • 60 mldark (koikuchi) soy sauce, or serve plain soy instead of ponzu
  • 1 tspmirin
  • 3 gdried bonito flakes (katsuobushi)
  • 1 piecekombu, 3 cm square

Diet

  • Lower sugar

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Soy
  • Fish
  • Mustard
  • Sulfites
  • Tuna
  • Bonito
  • Legumes (any)
  • Wheat
  • Rice
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Scallion (green onion)
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Radish
  • Horseradish
  • Wasabi
  • Cucumber
  • Ginger
  • Perilla (shiso)
  • Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
  • Seaweed (any)
  • Kelp
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Bitter
  • Richness / fat
  • Smoke
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Equipment

  • Grill

Season

  • Summer

Occasion

  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: high

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