Tuna Tataki with Sesame Soy Dressing

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    as an entrée
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Sydney Seafood School Cookbook

By Roberta Muir

Published 2012

  • About

Tataki is a classic Japanese way of preparing fish or meat, in which you sear it briefly in a very hot pan, and serve it thinly sliced. The cooked outside contrasts beautifully with the raw interior. The traditional accompaniments, a vinegar-based dressing and pounded ginger, give the dish its name (Tataki is Japanese for ‘pound’). Here Shaun Presland, the first Australian Caucasian chef to be honoured with the title of Sushi Chef, adds his spin with a sesame soy dressing. Japanese m