How To Cut Tuna For Sushi

In generall tuna tastes good when cut thick.

How to cut tuna for sushi. Check the streaks of fillet place the knife blade almost 90 degree to the streaks. Remember not to cut in aiming right on top of streaks of tuna. This video is for those of you who know what sashimi is and want to make it. Ways to cook tuna for sushi dishes.

You can buy it in the fish section of most grocery stores. Cut off the skin of tuna fillet to make it easier to slice. Terada earned the title master sushi chef by becoming the standing head sushi chef can serve fugu japan licensed to the public. In some tuna sushi recipes the instructions may tell you to cut tuna into small cubes and then mix it with soy sauce and other seasonings to marinate the fish.

To cut tuna for nigiri you need to cut against the grain usually 30 degree angle or so and about 14 or so thick. If you do so ask for a piece to be cut for you from the loin they have in the walk in fridge. While tuna is mostly used raw in sushi you may cook the meat in different ways to prepare a cooked sushi roll. Chef hiroyuki terada is using the minonokuni matsu 1573 210mm.

Generally speaking any fresh and sanitary tuna can be used for sushi if handled properly. From my experience i find fresh tuna to be the best choice to use for sushi. To cut fish for sashimi you have to cut the fish at a right angle to the veins of the fish. Now go and make some sashimi.

How tocut tuna for sashimi. Cut nto thin slices. Chef hiroyuki terada is using the minonokuni matsu 1573 210mm. Cut tuna for sashimi.