Just picked up this piece of tuna from a wholesale fish market and trying to figure out the best way to cut it. I watched a lot of videos online but often they start with a whole tuna and this is just a piece so I’m not exactly sure the best way to do it. Any recommendations?
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I have virtually zero experience but generally it’s sliced against the grain. Id lay it flat and cut the left side against grain working towards the right side.
It should be cut into three slabs. Usually you measure four fingers from the top and slice off the top. The next line should be made right over the sinew line on the right side.
You cut out the triangle shape piece of meat on the bottom right side, after trimming the outside of it piece of any tough sinew. This piece is good but has stronger sinew so is generally served seared.
Right above the triangle that you cut out is the strongest piece of sinew so you will follow the top side of that line cutting off another triangle. You will be left with the skin side down and one flap of meat that has a bunch of sinew in it. Use a spoon to scrape the meat out of this piece and leave as much of the sinew as you can attached to the skin.
Cutting the last piece of meat out slightly above the skin line will result in more tender meat while leaving additional sinew out. All the meat can be scraped and made into spicy tuna or tuna tartar.
After seperating into these segments you cut them into useable seku (bricks). You will take the top section and cut down vertically. The finished shape should be roughly 4 fingers wide, 2 fingers tall and as long as the piece of tuna you got.
Dont cut the meat on the same board that you have the skin side down… Enjoy!
Carefully
Cutting the fish is 80% of sushi, the other 20% is making the rice.
Actually putting the cut fish and cooked rice together is the minimal effort or skill.
Thank you for teaching me how to slice a fish better than my ex sliced our relationship.
Add chopsticks and it’s ready
With a knife?
[Terada’s technique if you’re a visual learner](https://youtu.be/BRMc9QRtjso)