Toro

[Captain Curt]

How many of you eat toro raw after it has been frzn?????

[SportFishStaff]

How many of you eat toro raw after it has been frzn?????

I have never eaten it raw after freezing from fish I have caught. I either smoke it or spice rub it and grill it.

Alot of the torro in sushi restaraunts is blast frozen first

[SNAKE EYES SPORTFISHING]

actually most restaraunt quality sushi has been flash frozen to kill all parasites.

[Captain Curt]

The toro meat I am talking about is from fish late in the season,Oct, Nov. the fat content is crazy. Is that better or worse???????

Thanks Curt

[Kahi]

If you have some scrap tuna belly meat, I enjoy making this with it.

I pound or roll out the meat into flat pieces, about 1/4 inch thick. I will then marinate in olive oil, cumin and salt for about 20 minutes. Then take the pieces and lightly flour and fry till crisp. Really comes out nice, and a good way to save the scraps

[SportFishStaff]

Does it have any signs of freezer? Has it been vacumn packed?

If the question is will it make you sick? No it will be fine as long as it was properly handled before freezing.

Tuna is not a great freezing fish recreationaly. It needs to be vacumned sealed and deep froze or flash froze

[Captain Curt]

If you have some scrap tuna belly meat, I enjoy making this with it.

I pound or roll out the meat into flat pieces, about 1/4 inch thick. I will then marinate in olive oil, cumin and salt for about 20 minutes. Then take the pieces and lightly flour and fry till crisp. Really comes out nice, and a good way to save the scraps

I will try this I like using cumin also.What are you frying it in

olive oil or like a 10% mix????? and are you pan frying???



E G yes the meat is taken care of very well no frz burn Vac. packed.

Thanks Curt

[tunatamer73]

It is definately frozen before serving as sushi/sashimi. The question is the method. I am very interested in this.

http://www.dryicesource.com/dryice/sushi.php

I am pretty sure the larger chunk method is the way to go. It also seems the temp of the freezer is critical.

[tunatamer73]

Maybe the larger chunks allow for the removal of the outer layers "burn". How bout flash freezing after vacuum sealing??? Should prevent the "burn".

[crabbeer]

I just made a slab of Toro/Belly meat that I had vac packed for a few months. It wasn't sushi but it wasn't fully cooked either. I put a blackening rub on it and seared it in melted butter for a minute or so per side. Still cold on the inside.

Probably some of the best tasting tuna I have had. Loaded with fat and melted in the mouth.

I have asked a local sushi resturant about eating my vac packed frozen tuna as sushi and they frowned upon it. I'd like to hear if anyone does it regularly, I definitely prefer it raw but I am not much for food sickness.