Japanese

Maguro Zuke Don (Marinated Tuna Rice Bowl)

Name: Maguro Zuke Don (Marinated Tuna Rice Bowl)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 lb tuna or bonito steaks; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp mirin; 1 tsp sesame oil; 4 cups cooked white rice; 2 nori sheets; 2 scallions; 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Tomoko @tomoko_osaka

Maguro Zuke Don (Marinated Tuna Rice Bowl) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

15 min Medium Pescatarian Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1 lb tuna or bonito steaks
3 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp mirin
1 tsp sesame oil
4 cups cooked white rice
2 nori sheets
2 scallions
1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

How to cook it

Slice the tuna into thick, even pieces suitable for eating raw.
Stir the soy sauce, mirin, and sesame oil together, add the tuna, and marinate 15 minutes in the fridge.
Divide the rice among bowls and top with the marinated tuna.
Tear the nori over each bowl and scatter with scallions and sesame seeds.

Watch how to cook Maguro Zuke Don (Marinated Tuna Rice Bowl)

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Serve it with

A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Maguro Zuke Don (Marinated Tuna Rice Bowl), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Something to sip
- Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
  
  15 min
The cooked vegetable
- Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
  
  20 min
What it is eaten with
- Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
  
  45 min
The sharp little thing
- Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
  
  2 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Maguro Zuke Don (Marinated Tuna Rice Bowl) carries gluten, soy, fish, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Maguro Zuke Don (Marinated Tuna Rice Bowl)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Fish	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Sesame	Yes	Asagohan Teishoku (Traditional Japanese Breakfast Set)
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 410 kcal
Protein: 31 g
Carbs: 51 g
Fat: 9 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 680 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Maguro Zuke Don (Marinated Tuna Rice Bowl) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.