I’m 17 weeks pregnant and I can’t have raw meat/fish. So, I ordered this thinking that seared salmon was fully cooked. It got here and looked fully cooked (see pics) and tasted fully cooked. So I enjoyed it.
However, afterwards I looked up “Aburi salmon” and everything I find says that it’s not fully cooked and only seared briefly by torch on each side. Does this technique make it deceptively look fully cooked? Or was mine just “well done”?
I’m scared I ate raw fish, but it didn’t look or taste raw. 🤷🏼♀️
Here are pics: https://imgur.com/a/t4uaaVP
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Aburi means seared/torched. So typically aburi sushi is torched for 5-10sec before serving. This looks like cooked salmon from my perspective. Using the term aburi is likely just a marketing ploy from them to make it seem more ‘Japanese’.
Usually when meat or fish is undercooked it will be very noticeable in the texture. Judging by the picture I’d say yours was fully cooked.
salmon is wonderful because it can be over cooked and over cooked and still be quite nice do to it’s fat content
The need to avoid raw fish while pregnant is a myth. There are entire cultures of people who have been for centuries consuming raw meat or fish. My wife ate sushi tons while pregnant with all three kids. So did my Japanese mother while I was in the womb. Don’t buy into all the non sense, food safety is a myth.