Fresh yellowtail eaten raw!

[cbayer]

Yellowtail are being fished right now and we were gifted with a big piece the other day. It had been flash frozen and thawed, a precaution recommended when you are catching it yourself.

We sliced it thin and dipped it in wasabi infused soy sauce.

It was outrageously good.

I hope someone brings us more.

Anyone else done this?

[Callalily]

1. Nope, although I have

eaten yellowtail sushi! Yummy too!

[cbayer]

3. This is yellowtail sushi, silly! Oops, my bad - it's technically sashimi.

[Warpy]

2. Yellowtail was my favorite sashimi

These days, it's endangered so I'd probably pass it up. It also pretty much needs to be frozen and then thawed to destroy parasites, so eating it as soon as it comes out of the water is no longer a good idea.

But yum! I'm jealous. I haven't eaten sashimi since I lived in Boston. I won't trust it in NM, the fish have just been out of water too long.

[cbayer]

4. Doesn't seem to be endangered around here.

They are catching alot of them. Maybe it's the Japanese caught that is the issue?

This was flash frozen and thawed, but that all happened very quickly and it lost none of it's taste or texture.

I'm with you about eating sea creatures when you are not near the sea. The sushi and sashimi out here on the west coast is generally excellent, but this exceeded anything I have had for awhile.

[kestrel91316]

10. That's true of any fish to be eaten raw. Freeze first to kill this guy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisakis

[grasswire]

16. which is why I never have, never will eat raw fish. nt

[kestrel91316]

17. All raw fish for sushi has been well and truly deep frozen.

I believe it's a requirement to serve it in restaurants.

[Glassunion]

5. Depends on your definition of "yellowtail"

Once on the west coast, my wife and I enjoyed amberjack, however here on the east coast we enjoy our yellowtail known as snapper. Problem is everyone just calls it "yellowtail".

But yes, raw is the way to go with most fish (and certain cuts of beef) in my opinion.

[cbayer]

6. I think it's a tuna out here, but I could be wrong.

I love a good beef tartare as well.

Funny thing is, I really don't like cooked fish at all. I don't like the way it tastes or smells or the texture.

But raw fish is one of my favorite foods in the world.

I'm trying to look hungrily at the fishermen as they come back in, just on the off chance someone wants to give me some more!

[Glassunion]

7. My best guess is you're enjoying the California yellowtail.

It's a plentiful fish in the Californian and Mexican pacific coast. It's an amberjack not tuna if that is the case.

Really tasty, with a paler color and sweet, oily flesh.

I'm jealous.

[cbayer]

8. I think you are right. I did some research and amberjack looks

like the right answer.

That takes me off the hook for eating something endangered. Yeah!

[Glassunion]

12. It's common... I've had servers at sushi restaurants confuse the two.

Yellowfin and Yellowtail are often confused.

[kestrel91316]

9. Pls 2 mail me ur leftovers k thx bai

[cbayer]

11. Leftovers??

There ain't no stinking leftovers.

[kestrel91316]

14. Yur mean.

[pengillian101]

13. I don't think I would like sushi at all.

The thought of raw fish doesn't appeal to me.

However my BIL just gave us fresh walleye that he caught last night. Just used nature seasonings and sauteed in butter - yum! Can't beat Minnesota walleye!

[cbayer]

15. I didn't either.... and then I ate it.

It immediately became one of my favorite foods in the whole world.