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Whale meat: Tatsuta-age, sashimi, and curry

Whale meat: Tatsuta-age, sashimi, and curry

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Three Japanese ways to prepare whale meat: deep-fried as tatsuta-age, served as sashimi with wasabi and shiso, or simmered in curry.

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Recipe from Ef3 (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Whale meat, rich in protein, vitamin A, and iron, retains a cultural significance in Japan, where its availability remains limited. Here are three preparations: tatsuta-age, sashimi, and curry.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 40 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying and simmering
  • Estimated cost$3.89 $0.97 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people

Tatsuta-age

  • $0.18
  • $0.08
  • $0.31
  • $0.27
  • $0.15

Sashimi

  • $0.18
  • $0.94
  • $0.56

curry

  • $0.15
  • $0.19
  • $0.57
  • $0.13
  • $0.04
  • $0.14

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 14 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

Tatsuta-age

  1. Cut the meat into bite-sized pieces and marinate it for about 30 minutes in soy sauce, mirin, sake, and ginger.
  2. Coat the marinated meat in flour and fry it at medium heat until it is crispy.
  3. Prepare the hot pot in a bowl and serve with lemon. ≈ 2 min

Sashimi

  1. Finely dice the red meat; it’s easier to cut when it’s cold. ≈ 8 min
  2. Line a plate with shiso leaves and arrange the slices attractively on top. ≈ 3 min
  3. Add the daikon radish, soy sauce, and wasabi. ≈ 3 min

curry

  1. Cut the meat into bite-sized pieces and season it with salt and pepper. Chop the onion, carrot, and apple into small pieces. ≈ 8 min
  2. Heat the oil in a pan, then add the meat and cook until it changes color, then remove it.
  3. In the same pan, sauté the onion until it becomes translucent, then add the carrot and apple.
  4. Pour the water, bring to a boil, add the meat, and simmer until the vegetables are tender.
  5. Turn off the heat, add the curry powder, turn it back on, and let it simmer.
  6. Serve with rice. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Whale meat: Tatsuta-age, sashimi, and curry

  • 2 tablespoons of soy sauce$0.18
  • 1 tablespoon of grated ginger$0.08
  • potato starch$0.31
  • deep-fried oil paint$0.27
  • lemon$0.15
  • soy sauce$0.18
  • wasabi$0.94
  • daikon, julienned$0.56
  • 1 onion$0.15
  • 1 carrot$0.19
  • Two garden apples$0.57
  • 2 tablespoons of oil paint$0.13
  • salt$0.04
  • pepper$0.14

Total$3.89

that's $0.97 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 200 g of whale meat, thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon of mirin
  • 1 tablespoon of sake
  • 1 tablespoon of grated ginger
  • potato starch
  • deep-fried oil paint
  • lemon
  • 200 g of whale meat (sashimi quality)
  • soy sauce
  • wasabi
  • a few shiso leaves
  • daikon, julienned
  • 300 g of whale meat
  • 1 onion
  • 1 carrot
  • Two garden apples
  • One box of curry roux
  • 600 ml of water
  • 2 tablespoons of oil paint
  • salt
  • pepper

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