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Kujira no Tare (Sauce-marinated whale meat) | Our Regional Cuisines

RECIPE

Ingredients (20 servings)

  • Whale meat 1kg
  • Soy sauce 2 cups
  • Garlic 1 large piece
  • Ginger 10g
  • Sake just a little
  • Mirin just a little

How to cook

  • 1. Cut 1 kg of whale meat into strips roughly 1 cm thick.

  • 2. Make dipping sauce by combining 2 cups of soy sauce, grated garlic and ginger, sake and mirin.

  • 3. Marinate the whale meat in the sauce for about 2 hours.

  • 4. Set the whale meat out to dry until damp. Do not over-dry.

provider : “Boso Local Cuisine” (Agriculture Chiba Publishing Department)

Recipes vary depending on the region and home.

Contact

Food Cultures Office, Overseas Market Development and Food Cultures Division, Food Industry Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Tel:+81-3-3502-5516