How to Break Down Pacific Saury for Fresh Sashimi at Home

Name: How to Break Down Pacific Saury for Fresh Sashimi at Home
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 Fresh Pacific saury (sanma); 6 leaves Shiso leaves; 1 Grated ginger; 1 Sudachi citrus fruit

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Pacific saury is cheap and delicious in the fall. It's even cheaper if you break it down yourself, and fresher too!

Pacific saury is delicious when dipped lightly in vinegar as well. Recipe by Cooking S Papa

Pacific saury is cheap and delicious in the fall. It's even cheaper if you break it down yourself, and fresher too!

Pacific saury is delicious when dipped lightly in vinegar as well. Recipe by Cooking S Papa

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

Pacific saury is cheap and delicious in the fall. It's even cheaper if you break it down yourself, and fresher too!

Pacific saury is delicious when dipped lightly in vinegar as well. Recipe by Cooking S Papa

Pacific saury is cheap and delicious in the fall. It's even cheaper if you break it down yourself, and fresher too!

Pacific saury is delicious when dipped lightly in vinegar as well. Recipe by Cooking S Papa

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Ingredients

2 servings

1Fresh Pacific saury (sanma)
6leaves Shiso leaves
1Grated ginger
1Sudachi citrus fruit

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Steps

1

Remove the scales and sliminess on the surface carefully using your knife.
2

Slice off the head section behind the gills. Slice into the belly, and scrape out the entrails.
3

Rinse the fish very well under running water. Clean out any blood or residual entrails.
4

Filet the fish (cut through each side of the backbone so you end up with three slices).
5

Slice out the backbone. You can immerse the fish in vinegar at this point, if you'd like.
6

Use bone tweezers to remove the fine bones. (The bones are soft so you can just eat them. They're a good source of calcium.)
7

Use the back of your knife to scrape and pull off the skin, starting from the tail.
8

Line a large serving plate with shiso or wakame seaweed, and arrange the Pacific saury slices on top. Serve with grated ginger and sudachi fruit on the side.