Maguro and Mizuna at The Kouchan Blog

Written on February 8, 2008 by papawasabi

The Kouchan blog is one of the best known food blogs in Japan. It started with one young and attractive male chef, and has grown to draw in huge numbers of contributors, mostly female. The recipes are all dishes that people like to make at home, and run the gamut from traditional, to fusion, to just kinds weird.

Maguro (blue or yellow fin tuna) and mizuna (a thin leafy vegetable that tastes like lettuce – you could substitute any light leafy green that can be eaten raw) are simply mixed here with oyster sauce for a very tasty dish.

Ingredients

Serves 4 (That is, four Japanese – so add more if you are hungry)

300 g/12 oz. Diced maguro or tuna, cut into 1 inch cubes

1 Bunch of mizuna or other green

Salt and Pepper (to taste)

1 Tablespoon Potato starch]

Half Tablespoon of Rice wine, or Chinese cooking wine

One Tablespoon of grated fresh ginger

One Tablespoon of sesame oil

Mix the cubes of maguro with sesame oil, salt and finally potato starch. Fry until the color changes and remove from the pan. Then add a little more oil and the ginger – cook until fragrant, and add the wine along with the maguro again. Cook a few minutes more and remove from heat. Finally, toss in the raw mizuna or leafy vegetable.