Maguro & Avocado Don

Maguro & Avocado Don

Published on 10/10/2017 | In By
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One popular ingredient in sushi is tuna (Maguro). And a very popular ingredient that goes with tuna is avocado, ever since the “California roll” was invented in the U.S.A. The first time I heard of it, I thought it sounded just awful! Actually I had never eaten avocado before, therefore I couldn’t imagine what the taste would be like. It was great! I love it!

Have you ever heard of “… don” in the name of a Japanese dish? It’s a one-plate dish, in fact a one-ricebowl dish, which always consists of something on a bed of rice.

There are oyakodon, katsudon, tendon …

You are sure to like Maguro & Avocado Don (tuna & avocado rice bowl).

Ingredients

  • 500g Tuna (sashimi quality)
  • 1 Avocado
  • 2 tbsp Sesame seed (If you have, black and white sesame half and half)
  • 100g Rocket salad (rucola)
  • One bowl of cooked Japanese white rise (type for sushi, round and shot)
  • < Sauce >
  • 3 tbsp Soy-sauce
  • 2 tbsp Mirin (Japanese sweet cooking sake)
  • 2 tbsp Sake (rice wine)
  • 1/2 tsp Clear honey
  • 1 tsp Olive oil
  • 1/4 tsp Wasabi paste
  • 1tsp Lemon juice
  • Olive oil for frying
  • Mayonnaise, if you like (for finishing)

Instructions

  1. Put all ingredients for sauce (soy-sauce, mirin, sake, honey)" into the small pan, and bring it to boil. Then reduce the heat and keep boiling one minutes. Keep it cool down, then add the rest of ingredients for sauce (olive oil, wasabi paste, lemon juice).
  2. Cut the tuna into 2cm strips. Keep it in the refrigerator until ready to use.
  3. Marinade the tuna with 1/3 of sauce (make sure the sauce is cold), leave a few minutes add the sesame seed.
  4. Heat a pan with a medium heat, add oil, then fry the surface of tuna.( Just the surface, not too long). Cut the tuna into big cubes. Cut the vocado into cubes the same as the tuna and mix with the tuna.
  5. Pour rice in a bowl and spread the rocket on it. Dish up the maguro & avocado on the rice & rocket.
  6. Pour the sauce on top of tuna & avocado. Make a line with mayonnaise, if you like.