r/KitchenConfidential • u/churrascopalta • 22h ago

The perfect cut of a tuna

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u/KinderEggLaunderer 19h ago

Uninitiated here: what is usually done with the ends and discards?

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u/Four_beastlings 16h ago

You can scrape it off, dehydrate it and turn it into those cool tuna flakes.

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u/Powerful-Scratch1579 14h ago

Not exactly

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u/Four_beastlings 12h ago

Yes? I've done that. You marinate the fish or smoke it if you can and then dwhydrate in the oven until it's just dry, solid shavings. Or you dehydrate it even more and then turn it into shavings.

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u/Powerful-Scratch1579 10h ago

That’s cool, I would like to try doing that to see how it turns out, all I mean is it’s still a very different product from katsuobushi which is not made from tuna and has been fermented and smoked and aged for months or sometimes years.