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Soy Ginger Tuna Recipe

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Wonderful Asian flavors are featured in this fantastic dish of marinated tuna steaks grilled to perfection, topped with a delicious sweet and sour sauce, and served over a bed of rice flavored with onion and orange.

Soy Ginger Tuna Recipe (+)

Directions

MARINADE:

Place soy sauce, port (or sherry), brown sugar, ginger, garlic and scallions in baking dish.
Whisk together and add tuna steaks to marinade for 1 hour in the refrigerator. Turn occasionally if not covered completely in the marinade.

SAUCE:

Pour hot water in a small mixing bowl.
Add mustard and mix to form a paste.
Stir in soy sauce and let sit for 10 minutes.
Place wine, vinegar, lemon juice and shallots in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
Reduce liquid over medium high heat until reduced to approximately 3 tablespoons of liquid.
Add the cream and heat to reduce mixture by half.
Add sugar and teryaki sauce.
Turn down heat to low, add butter 1 tablespoon at a time and stir until each piece is incorporated. do not let the mixture boil or it will seperate.
Strain through a sieve into a clean saucepan.
Gradually stir in the mustard and soy mixture and keep warm on low heat.

TUNA:

Heat grill to medium or put 1 tablespoon of oil on a griddle pan and heat to medium high heat.
Remove tuna from marinade and place directly on the grill rack or grill pan.
Cook 3 minutes per side for medium rare, 4-5 minutes for medium or to desired doneness. Turn only once.
Serve over rice with sauce.
Garnish with black sesame seeds if desired.

RICE:

Make rice according to the package directions.
When cooked, stir in green onions, orange, water chestnuts, butter, salt and pepper.

Container: non-reactive baking dish, sauepan, grill pan or outdoor grill

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Serving Description: 1 tuna steak

Servings: 4

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Ingredients

		MARINADE:
-		1 cup Soy Sauce
-		1/2 cup tawny port - or sherry
-		3 tablespoons brown sugar
-		2 tablespoons fresh ginger - peeled and minced
-		1 tablespoon fresh garlic - minced
-		3 green onions (scallions) - finely sliced
-		4 bluefin or yellowfin tuna steaks (6-8 oz. and 1 inch thick)

		SAUCE:
-		1 tablespoon hot water
-		2 tablespoons dry mustard
-		2 tablespoons soy sauce
-		1/2 cup white wine
-		1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
-		1 tablespoon shallots - minced, or green onions
-		3 tablespoons half and half
-		1 teaspoon sugar
-		1 tablespoon teriyaki sauce
-		1/2 cup unsalted butter - sliced
-		2 teaspoons black sesame seeds for garnish

		RICE:
-		1 cup white rice
-		3 green onions - finely sliced
-		1 orange - peeled and cut up
-		1/2 can sliced water chestnuts
-		1 tablespoon butter
		salt and pepper to taste

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