Tender albacore sashimi brushed with a delicious sauce, this Garlic Soy Marinated Albacore is sure to make an impressive appetizer for a dinner party. Top it off with thinly sliced scallion and grated ginger.
When it comes to serving appetizer for a dinner party, I like to the idea of serving simple yet elegant dishes. Today’s recipe is this delicious Garlic Soy Marinated Albacore that looks fancy but incredibly easy to prepare.
How to Make Garlic Soy Marinated Albacore Sashimi ニンニク醤油漬けビン長鮪の作り方
Albacore Tuna (shiro maguro) is sashimi-grade fish commonly used in sushi. It is very popular in Japanese restaurants due to the soft, buttery texture and mild flavor. Albacore differs from yellowfin and other tuna species because its meat is more white. In the U.S., it is the same tuna as the “white meat” canned tuna. Since the albacore sashimi flavor is mild, it absorbs other flavors very well. If you enjoy sashimi, albacore tuna is a wonderful choice to prepare at home. There are a number of online sources that offer frozen and fresh albacore which you can order easily.
For a simple appetizer, I sliced the albacore sashimi thinly, placed them on a plate and brushed with a garlic soy sauce. I then garnished the sashimi slices with grated ginger and scallions. Everything takes just about 10 minutes to put together. The albacore is light and tender, and it soaks up the wonderful flavor of the tangy garlicky sauce. If you have some masago on hand, you can also garnish the fish roes on top of the albacore slices for even more attractive presentation.
Light yet flavorful with a melt-in-mouth tenderness, this Garlic Soy Marinaded Albacore makes a perfect appetizer when you have some special guests in the house. Don’t forget to bring out some bubbly champaign or sake to enjoy!
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- 7 oz sashimi-grade albacore tuna (7 oz = 200 g)
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 scallion
- 1 inch ginger
- 1 Tbsp sesame oil
- 4 Tbsp soy sauce
- Masago (or Tobiko for garnish, optional)
Gather all the ingredients.
- Slice the garlic and scallion.
- Grate the ginger.
- In a small saucepan, heat the sesame oil over medium heat and add the garlic slices when the oil is hot.
- Cook the garlic until fragrant and add soy sauce.
- Bring the sauce to boil and lower the heat to simmer for 15-20 seconds. Remove from the heat.
- Cut the albacore tuna into about 1/4 inch slices.
- Plate the tuna on a serving plate and brush the garlic sauce. Top with scallion and ginger and garnish with tobiko. Serve immediately.
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Looks amazing! I’m definitely looking forward to trying this recipe 🙂 congratulations on the new website!
By any chance, do you have any advice or tips on buying fish at my local grocery store here in Nagoya? I never really bought or cooked a lot of fish before I moved out here.
I apologize for asking so many questions >_< thank you so much for taking the time to respond at all!
Hello Mrs. Sata! Thank you so much for your kind words. 🙂 Are you talking about raw fish (sashimi) or regular fish? Do you only want wild fish (vs. farm) or what type of food you are going to make. There is always “good buy” on the day, so talk to fishmonger to see what’s available and good on that day you visit. 🙂
Oh I am so happy for you! Congrats again, and I wish you success! Garlic based sauce is so simple, and I am sure compliments tuna very well!
Wow… you cook with a chopstick….loved the video! I am amazing at your knife skills too…
Recipe is easy and simple..I think I can manage this one 🙂
CONGRATS Nami!!! So excited for you!!
I need a gallon of that garlic sauce… my husband will go CRAZY for this! He looooves all things garlic, especially on fish.
Congratulations and best of luck with the online store!
This dish is fabulous! I bet it tastes amazing.
Cheers,
Rosa
Congratulations on opening your online store, Nami! Really exciting. That recipe looks just so simple and so delicious. Yum!
Thank you Jenny for your kind words! It’s exciting, and more challenging to handle everything I want to do. 😀 Hope you have a fantastic week ahead. 🙂
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS! You are such a hard worker and it I am looking forward to checking the site out.
This simple and flavorful dish looks so good.
Congrats on the online store! The prices really do look reasonable for what is offered. I’ll definitely be placing a few orders! And maybe I should place one for today’s recipe. 😉 This looks so terrific – you’ve outdone yourself. Thanks so much.
Congratulations Nami!! I wish you great success, and now I have a place to buy Sushi fish, yay! I would happily buy other products too, if that means I can re-create your recipes 🙂 The garlic albacore sounds delicious, and is so simple to make too! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe.
Wow!! Congrats on the good news and launch of your sashimi store, Nami! 😉
ガーリックのにおいが伝わってくるようなお刺身ですねえ。美味しそう！新しいお仕事がんばってね。
PS- 誕生日のお祝いありがとう！
Nami, I’ve said it before and but I’ll say it again, I’m so happy for you with opening the shop! The biggest congratulations and a bit of pity you don’t ship to us in Europe…
Oh, do you know how to make a gal hungry! Your sashimi sounds amazing! Good luck with this new addition…I know it will be a huge success!!!
Congratulations, Nami. That’ is such a great news.
Love that garlic sauce.
Gorgeous dish and pictures, Nami! Wishing success on your new venture!
Congratulations on your new business and I’m sure it will be so popular just like “Just One Cookbook.” Wish you the best and success. 🙂
Congratulations on your new store, Nami! I know you are such a hard worker and wish you much success! 🙂 Your albacore looks to tasty, I love the garlic!
Hi Nami,
Congrats on your new business endeavor.
Do you know where I can get Sanma here in U.S.? Will your online store eventually carry them? I live in AR.
Hi KH! Thank you! It’s sanma season right now! I saw sanma in my local Japanese supermarket. Fall is here. 🙂 Unfortunately we only carry sashimi-grade fish and some pre-marinated miso stealhead and cooked shrimp besides sashimi. Sorry! 🙁
Congrats Nami!!! Your own store delivering sashimi to all over the US? That’s amazing! I am going to check it out when I visit my brother in Portland! 🙂
xx
Hi Vivi! Thank you! We ship within the US (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) due to shipping logistic and time. It has to be arrived in 2-3 days and the package includes lots of dry ice (very heavy!)… so that’s why shipping is very limited… 🙁 But we will ship to Portland! 😉
Congratulations on opening the ‘store’ and the best of luck with your endeavour. Maybe one day you may make your products available in Canada as well. 🙂
Wow, congratulations on your new business adventure Nami!! Well done!! I must go to your new site and check it out. 🙂 I wish you much success!
The recipe is lovely. 🙂
I am so excited for you my friend, an online store? WOW 😀
It is going to be brilliant!
Cheers
CCU
Hi, I just wanted to say that your recipes are amazing! I’m excited that you’ve got the sashimi store now so that I can finally get good fish where I live (KS). I had a quick look at the website, and I was wondering about the amount of fish you get. I know there’s a “quantity” box, but I didn’t see anything about the weight. For example, if I was to purchase a single order of salmon sashimi, how much fish would arrive at my door?
Hi Jessica! For salmon sashimi, it says (in blue) 1 quantity is about 9 oz. 🙂 Please feel free to email any questions at [email protected]. I or someone else will respond to any questions you have. Thank you for your interest!
Thanks for the quick response! I really appreciate it.
Congratulations on the new online store! That is an awesome idea!
By the way, albacore is my husband favorite’s sashimi. I am so glad you share this recipe. Thanks!
Congratulations on your new store and business Nami – what a great idea and I love how easy and delicious your albacore tuna presentation is!
Oh Nami, congratulations…!!! You should be so exited with your own store, I’m sure the quality of your products is the best, what we can expect from somebody that knows and enjoy Japanese food? Just the best…you are the best…
So happy for you and your new store! To be honest, I’m always afraid to give sushi a try at home because I’m nervous I’m going to get the wrong kind of fish. I will definitely be trying your store. SO COOL! And this garlic albacore sounds divine!
Congratulations on your new venture, Nami. I wish you tonnes of success. This is a wonderful looking seafood recipe. I don’t think I’ve had anything like it. I love your presentation with the pretty blue plate xx
G’day Nami! Thank you for allowing me to learn something new!
Love your step by step photos…very inspiring too!
Cheers! Joanne
Namiko-san – I do take my hat off to you for having managed to start as business as well as all the very many other things you do. Seems one which should soon take a fair market share: my very, very best wishes to you and for its success!
Hi Eha! Thank you so much for such an encouraging words! 🙂 Hope you have a lovely day!
Congratulations on your store Nami…very impressive!
I never had albacore served this way…now I must give this a try…looks delicious.
Hope you are having a great week 😀
Congratulations Nami! Good luck and best wishes. I will be placing an order soon =)
Thank you so much, Janice!
Beautiful fish and recipe that looks so simple yet delicious. I love tuna in small doses like this because I’m rather squeamish when it comes to raw fish, now the hubs would dive in without looking back :D. Congrats on opening your own online fresh fish market I wish you much success and prosperity with it.
Congratulations with your online store. Looks great! and a very beautiful logo!!
Alas, i live in Europe…. I have a question though:
When I would buy frozen tuna in the supermarket can you use that too for sushi? Somehow I never dare to and always go to the fish-shop.
Thank you Lara! I know, the shipping will cost too much (very heavy packaging with dry ice in it) and can’t ship within 2 days… 🙁
Are you talking about frozen tuna which has a label saying for sashimi, or just simply frozen tuna? You can only eat tuna as raw ONLY when it is meant to be eaten raw. 🙂
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! We are so happy for you…all the very best….this dish is new to us and looks tempting…gorgeous food clicks Nami,we are sure going to try these out soon 🙂
おめでとうございます！信用できる店はとてもありがたいです。
なみさんの白鮪は美味しいそう。
Wow, Nami, CONGRATULATIONS with your grand opening of your online store! You must be very excited!
This video was shot so beautifully!
Congratulations Nami on this new venture! I wish you all the best. Too bad you’re not shipping internationally yet.. maybe soon!
Hi–
Can you explain “sashimi-grade” fish? There doesn’t seem to be any official system for grading sushi or sashimi.
I’ve checked on the different ways that the USDA and the FDA grade fish and can’t find anything saying that they grade fish like according to sushi or sashimi, aexcept to say that it has to be “previously frozen.” Is that what you mean by sashimi-grade?
Hi Les!
For Japanese, “sashimi grade” (or we call it “fish for sashimi” 刺身用) means that it can be safely eaten raw, and the package always have a sticker saying that. That means that you HAVE TO eat within 1-2 days after the package date.
I looked online to see what is “sashimi grade” means, but I don’t think that there were any USDA standards regarding the term “sashimi grade”.
Wiki mentions: ‘Sashimi Grade’ fish is caught by individual handline. As soon as the fish is landed, its brain is pierced with a sharp spike; and it is placed in slurried ice. This spiking is called the Ike jime process. The flesh contains minimal lactic acid because it died instantly so it will keep fresh on ice for about ten days, without turning white or otherwise degrading.
Although not all fish goes through “Ike Jime” process, “sashimi-grade” fish are meant to be eaten raw, but after a few days they have to be cooked.
That’s what I know. It looks like “sashimi-grade” is loosely used in the U.S. but for Japanese it means we “can” eat raw without cooking (and fishmongers are supposed to let us know the process the fish went through to decide if it’s okay to be eaten raw or not). Hope that helps.
Great help, thanks!
Congratulations on your new store Nami! That’s such wonderful news and I’m so happy for you 🙂 This appetizer looks so incredible, so pretty and tasty 🙂
Nami – congratulations on your store!! wow – I will be sure to check it out very soon. I absolutely love sashimi.
What a great delicate flavor for so perfect a fish!
Well done Nami and I wish I could buy from your store because I so would! I know how much you love fresh ingredients and that is obviously so important with sashimi 😀
online store? so glad to see you expand your horizons! Wish you all the best with it.
I would’ve ordered from it if I ate fish 🙂
I loved that you used high quality frozen fish! So often I get bagged out for using it in dishes but I find sometimes the fish store have worse quality than frozen. I love the garlic glaze on this because It is not the normal sauce you get on it when it grilled
Such a comforting meal! Love this!
Wow, What a news! Congratulations Nami! I do love the fact that you offer a CO-free fish. I need to check Uwadjimaya if they treat their fish with CO (that’s where I buy most of my fish). Great recipe today.
Congratulations on the new venture my sweet friend! This is so exciting 🙂
Well, that’s just as exciting as hell Nami!!! Congratulations!! I’m definitely going to check it out because living in the high desert, sashimi quality fish is almost impossible to get, especially if your a consumer and not a restaurant. What a great sashimi with the albcore! Love the garlic sauce!
Already following your new store =)
Next, a cash on delivery sashimi store for India. =P
Your garlic albacore looks lip smacking good.
YAY!!! So excited for your new online sashimi store! As soon as I am back from travelling, I will look into making some purchases. Thank you!!
Can I come to your house for dinner? You always have the best looking food on here. Sushi is my favorite food in the world, and I haven’t found any sushi grade fish near me, so I will definitely be ordering from you. Congrats on your new store!
Oh, how I wish I loved sashimi like my husband does!!! He could eat it daily, and unfortunately I don’t make a good lunch date when sashimi is involved. He would love this recipe, and I’m sending him your new store…. perhaps he will find something to order for lunch and we can eat at home!! Good luck on your new venture Nami… I’m excited for you!!
Congratulations on the new store, Nami! How exciting. I’m surprised to hear you can’t always get superior-grade fish in the Bay Area, but I know if it’s your store the quality has to be excellent.
Congratulations for opening a store! Very good Nami, I am happy for you!
delicious Nami!! we love albacora here!!
Congratulations Nami-san! You were busy before and now you are going to be a very busy girl! I love your simple dish. any recipe that features garlic in the title has my attention. LOL Looking forward to more recipes featuring the fresh catch of the day. Ja Mata, BAM
Hi Nami, congrats on your new online store…you are only doing delivery in US? That dish looks so simple to prepare and yet so delicious!
How exciting! Congratulations on your online sashimi store, Nami! Seared albacore and Hamachi are my favorite fish to order as sashimi. Good luck with your newest endeavor – I admire your business sense. xo Priscilla
Congrats on your new business, and it’s so great that you’re really passionate about providing high quality seafood. Luckily here in Sydney, we can get really fresh produce from the fish markets.. but it’s quite alarming to hear that the US hasn’t banned CO treated fish!!
Congrats on your new online store!! How nice to have high quality sashimi delivered to your doorstep! 😉
Oh, I’m so glad to hear about your new Sashimi business- I hope to order some once I have finished my travels? Good luck with your new business!
Congrats Nami, what an amazing idea. I know out here we can’t get sushi grade fish and I’m sure lots of other can’t either. I don’t know how you do it all, do you sleep? Wishing you lots of success with your new project.
-Gina-
Just pinned this into my Sushi-Sashimi Pinterest collection. 🙂 YUM!
Congrats on your store opening. I wish you every success in your new venture:-)
Congratulations Nami! Love everything about you, your online store, your photos, recipes, posts, video…. you are truly one amazing blogger! And the tuna looks fantastic too 🙂
Love this… So simple and delicious!
Congratulations, Nami! It must be such an exciting adventure! I wish you all the best and only hope you will not stop blogging 😉
The garlic albacore looks delicious. I see albacore from time to time but never bought it because of a huge failure when I tried frying it once. Now I know where to look for inspiration 🙂 Good luck again!!!!
Dear Nami, I am so amazed at the way your garlic albacore looks like – it looks so unbelievably fresh and delicious – I can just imagine the high quality your fish must be, it shows. I wish I could get my hands on some of that wonderful fish of yours!
All the very best for all you do! Respect, dear friend!
Actually i did’t really like albacore tuna, i guess this would be lovely tpp with yellow tail……
the garlicky reduced soy sauce is sounds a great idea….
WOW – I am so impressed. Good for you! What a site and great business. I wish you all the best. Where is the fish coming from?
Thank you Ewa! All the fish comes from different places, but this albacore tuna is wild from the US.
Congrats on the new store, such exciting news. And this recipe looks wonderful. So I guess I’ll wait till you ship to Canada lol.
Congratulations on your new venture Nami!
I wish I live in US to try it out.
Wow, Nami! I’m so excited for your new adventure ;). You’re such an inspiration. What a fantastic idea! It’s sad to say but as a poor student, I hardly get to eat sashimi. So when my dad is in town, I take full advantage and beg for sushi…for lunch, happy hour, dinner..the next day, repeat. haha. He takes pity on me and spoils me rotten. I’m going to check out your site right now!
Beautiful fish! And no CO treatment – two thumbs up for this! So I guess you don’t ship to Toronto, Canada yet? LOL!
Congratulations, Nami! I’m so happy for you and your new store. Very exciting! I an imagine you’ve been quite busy. What a beautiful tuna dish you created – I would happily eat the whole plate. Love the sauce! Wishing you all the best! 🙂
Jason is a huge albacore lover so I definitely need to make this for him stat!
Nice, Nami – best of luck with your venture… I hope it doesn’t make you too busy… you already seem stretched quite thin!
Yikes, I had no idea that fish is often frozen in such a way in the US (with CO)… makes me happy to live in the EU!
I have always said that Japanese cooking is the only one that intimidates me, but I do love it. How can I not love a cuisine that has so much fish in it. I am like Gollum’s less ugly sister. 🙂
Hello Nami. Congratulations on your new venture Fishforsushi.com and wish you a great success. I have some personal question and request, is there any email I could drop you a line?
Hi Vicky! Thank you very much! Sure, email [email protected]. Some staff will respond to your questions. 🙂
Congratulations Nami! I wish you much success! I love sashimi and sushi, but I’m reluctant to make it at home. I need to get over my fear, because this dish looks amazing!
So looking forward to try your garlic sauce. It sounds so delicious!
AND Congrats on your new business adventure. You’re an amazing lady, Nami! I honestly don’t know how you keep up with everything you do! 🙂 All the best.
Yum, just tried this and it was really good. Thanks!
Thank you so much for trying this dish, Michael! I’m very glad to hear you liked it! 🙂