Basashi
Horse meat sashimi from Kumamoto
Think of it as: Like beef carpaccio, but leaner and served sashimi-style
Raw horse, sliced thin and served chilled.
What does it taste like?
Mild, lean meat with sweet soy, ginger and garlic. The fat melts sweetly.
SweetSpicySourSaltyFunkSmellTextureSilky and tender
What is it?
Thinly sliced raw horse meat, a specialty of Kumamoto. Its rosy color earns it the nickname sakura niku, or cherry-blossom meat. Lean, mild and surprisingly clean-tasting.Source: Wikipedia
How locals eat it
In Kumamoto it's dipped in sweet Kyushu soy sauce with ginger and garlic. Some stack a slice of white mane fat on the red meat.
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Ingredients
- 200 g sashimi-grade horse meat
- Grated ginger
- Grated garlic
- Sweet soy sauce
- 1/4 onion, thinly sliced
- 4 shiso leaves
How to make it (one way)
- Half-thaw the frozen horse meat.
- Slice it thinly.
- Line a plate with shiso and onion.
- Arrange the slices on top.
- Mix ginger and garlic into sweet soy sauce and dip.
⚠️ Use only meat sold specifically for eating raw.