Receta Recipe of the Week - Nigiri
Recipe of the Week – Nigiri
December 30, 2015 at 9:05 am
From the Appetizer Collection at emealsforyou.com
I have been remiss; this should have been posted on Monday. I do have a good excuse as the kids were home for Christmas and the time just seemed to fly by. This is one of those dishes that you probably thought you couldn’t make at home; as many are afraid of serving raw tuna this recipe calls for a very brief cooking period. Buy a good grade of tuna from a store you know has very fresh fish.
Serve this as a surprise appetizer and watch your sushi eating friends’ faces light up. Don’t be put off by the price of the tuna as you will only be buying 1/4 pound. Also shown here is shrimp and avocado nigiri.
Dipping Sauce
Recipe Summary
Complexity:
Easy
Serves:
8
Category:
Misc
Meal:
other (General)
0.5
cup
soy sauce
1
Tb
garlic, chopped
1
tsp
ginger, fresh, grated
1
medium
lime zest
0.5
medium
lime juice
1
Tb
honey
0.5
tsp
pepper, fresh cracked
0.25
tsp
garlic chili sauce
1
Tb
scallions, sliced
Combine all ingredients, stir and allow to sit for 30 minutes.
Nigiri
Recipe Summary
Complexity:
Easy
Serves:
6
Category:
Appetizer
Meal:
other (General)
4
- oz
- tuna, sashimi grade
- 1.5
- cup
- sticky rice
- 2
- Tb
- olive oil, divided
- 0.5
- tsp
- salt, kosher
- 0.5
- tsp
- pepper, fresh cracked
Buy a good grade of fresh tuna. Have the tuna at room temperature, sprinkle 1 Tb of olive oil over both sides of the tuna. Sprinkle the salt and pepper over both sides of the tuna.
Heat a sauté pan until very hot, add the remaining oil; place the tuna in the pan and cook for 2 minutes, no more. Flip the tuna and cook on the second side for 1 minute and immediately remove from the pan. Allow to cool.
Have the rice at room temperature. Shape about 2 Tb of rice into a torpedo shape.
Slice the tuna in thin slices and drape over the rice. Serve at room temperature with dipping sauce.
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Entry filed under: Appetizer, Creating a Special Occasion. Tags: Appetizer, avocodo, nigiri, rice, sashimi, shrimp, special appetizer, sticky rice, sushi, sushi appetizer, tuna.