Recipe: Yummy How to Prepare Isaki (grunt)

How to Prepare Isaki (grunt).

You can have How to Prepare Isaki (grunt) using 3 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of How to Prepare Isaki (grunt)

1. You need 1/2 of fish isaki (grunt).
2. It's 1 of ponzu sauce・momiji oroshi (spicy grated daikon radish).
3. You need 1 of Onion and green onions for decoration.

How to Prepare Isaki (grunt) step by step

1. Remove the innards, gills and scales..
2. Cut off the head from the fin area..
3. Fillet the fish into 3 pieces. I have posted the details for how to do this in the Megina edition, so please use it for reference..
4. Remove the backbone. The meat won't come off if you place your index finger and middle finger along the bone as you use a fish bone extractor to pull it out..
5. Have the skin facing up and place a tightly wrung out cloth or kitchen paper on top..
6. Have ice water ready. Pour hot water over the isaki from Step 5. The skin of isaki will curl up as shown in this photo, and immediately place the fish in ice water..
7. When it has cooled down, take the fish out immediately to remove moisture..
8. Carefully remove moisture by using a paper towel. Slice the fish, as if sharpening a knife, into any thickness you'd like..
9. I recommend something like a sliced onion to serve on the side because it's refreshing. Serve by having the skin facing up..