Grilled salmon gets a a Japanese-inspired makeover in this salmon tataki recipe. Served with a lime and jalapeño ponzu, this flavourful and fast seafood dish is a weeknight dinner winner.
The searing kiss of heat and aromatic sesame gives sashimi-grade salmon extra oomph. In washoku, tataki is served as a first course known as o-tsukuri, meaning to create, or arrange.
Ingredients
Lime and jalapeño ponzu
Method
1.For ponzu, place ingredients, except jalapeño, in a small bowl and stir until sugar dissolves.
2.Preheat a frying pan over high heat. Drizzle salmon with sesame oil. Cook salmon for 30 seconds each side or until the flesh is slightly opaque. Transfer to a chopping board and rest for 5 minutes before slicing into thin pieces.
3.Arrange salmon on a platter. Add jalapeño to ponzu and drizzle over salmon. Top with, cucumber, zest, chilli oil and micro nasturtium leaves.
Drink suggestion Yoshinogawa Hiyanama, Niigata prefecture.
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