Tuna wrapped in daikon

Name: Tuna wrapped in daikon
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 12 ounces tuna, cut into 16 matchstick pieces, each about ½ X ½ X 2 inches; 1 daikon radish (about 1 pound); 3 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 tablespoons honey; 2 small chiles, stemmed and seeded, or 1 dried chile; 2 small chiles, stemmed and seeded, or 1 dried chile; 2 tablespoons rosemary leaves; ¼ cup peeled and roughly chopped ginger; ½ cup radish sprouts or other sprouts of your choosing; ¼ cup pickled ginger; 2 tablespoons neutral oil, such as canola or grapeseed; 2 tablespoons neutral oil, such as canola or grapeseed; 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar; 2 tablespoons neutral oil, such as canola or grapeseed

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Simple to Spectacular

By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman

Published 2000

About

Lovely, and rich in flavors. To get the best slices, you need a big daikon, a large, sweet Asian radish, although you won’t use most of it. Substitute cooked lobster, crab, or shrimp for the tuna if you like.

Ingredients

1 daikon radish (about 1 pound)
12 ounces tuna, cut into 16 matchstick pieces, each about ½ X ½ X 2 inches

Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Peel the daikon and cut a rectangle 2 X 2 X 4 inches long from it. Cut it the long way into wafer-thin slices, each measuring 2 X 4 inches; you need 16 of these slices. In turn, lay each one down with a long side facing you; top with a piece of tuna, a few sprouts, and a piece of pickled ginger. Roll up tightly and set aside.
To make the dipping sauce, combine