Pan Seared Tuna With Mandarin Orange Pico De Gallo Food

PAN-SEARED TUNA WITH AVOCADO, SOY, GINGER, AND LIME

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, combine the cilantro, jalapeno, ginger, garlic, lime juice, soy sauce, sugar, salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Stir the ingredients together until well incorporated.
• Place a skillet over medium-high heat and coat with the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Season the tuna generously with salt and pepper. Lay the tuna in the hot oil and sear for 1 minute on each side to form a slight crust. Pour 1/2 of the cilantro mixture into the pan to coat the fish. Serve the seared tuna with the sliced avocado and the remaining cilantro sauce drizzled over the whole plate.

MARINATED SEARED TUNA

Steps:

• In a flat, shallow dish, combine the soy, rice vinegar, sambal, white and light green scallions, garlic and ginger. Add the tuna and roll around to get the marinade on all sides. Cover and let sit in the fridge for up to 2 hours, turning the tuna periodically.
• Remove the tuna from the fridge and let sit in the marinade outside of the fridge for 20 to 30 minutes.
• When the tuna has come to room temperature, remove it from the marinade. With a paper towel, gently remove some of the excess marinade.
• Coat a large saute pan with peanut oil and bring it to a VERY high heat. When the pan is VERY hot but not quite smoking, pull the pan off the heat and add the tuna to the pan. Return the pan to the heat and sear the tuna for 1 minute on each side.
• Remove the tuna from the pan, let rest for 4 to 5 minutes and slice into 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick slices. Sprinkle with the dark green sliced scallion tops.
• Serve immediately with a little extra soy on the side if desired.

SAVORY PAN-SEARED TUNA STEAKS

Steps:

• Mix soy sauce, olive oil, lemon juice, sesame oil, molasses, cayenne pepper, ginger, and garlic together in a bowl.
• Place tuna steaks in a large resealable bag or airtight container; pour marinade over steaks. Marinate steaks at room temperature for 20 minutes.
• Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat. Remove steaks from marinade and arrange in the hot pan; gently shake pan to avoid sticking. Cook approximately 1 1/2 minutes and flip. Cook other side until tuna is desired doneness, 1 to 2 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 140 degrees F (60 degrees C).

PAN-SEARED AHI TUNA WITH BLOOD ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Sear tuna on one side for about five minutes. Flip and sear other side for two to three minutes, or until tuna is cooked to your desired degree of doneness. Remove from skillet and allow to rest.
• Return skillet to heat and add white wine. Scrape the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon and simmer until wine is reduced by half. Reduce heat to medium and butter, shallot and garlic; cook and stir until shallot is clear, approximately 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in blood orange juice. Boil until the liquid has reduced to half its original volume or until it thickens. Remove from heat.
• Slice the tuna across the grain. Fan the slices out onto a place and drizzle with blood orange sauce.

PAN SEARED TUNA

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, combine the cilantro, jalapeno, ginger, garlic, lime juice, soy sauce, sugar, salt, pepper, and 1/4 cup of olive oil.
• Stir the ingredients together until well incorporated.
• Place a large skillet over medium-high heat and coat with the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
• Season the tuna pieces generously with salt and pepper.
• Lay the tuna in the hot oil and sear for 1 minute to form a slight crust; flip and sear the other side 1 minute. I use a timer.
• Pour half of the cilantro mixture into the pan to coat the fish.
• Transfer the seared tuna to plates and serve with the sliced avocado and the remaining cilantro sauce drizzled over the whole plate.

PAN-SEARED TUNA WITH MANDARIN ORANGE PICO DE GALLO RECIPE

Steps:

• Coat a medium saucepan with vegetable oil. Place over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in vinegar, brown sugar and pepper flakes. Cook until the sugar dissolves, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients except tuna and set aside. Coat a large skillet with vegetable oil and place over medium-high heat. Add tuna to hot skillet and sear for about 2 minutes per side. Cut each tuna steak in half to make 4 portions. Slice into half-inch strips and arrange "fanned" over Pico de Gallo sauce mounded in center of the plate. Garnish with paprika around rim of the plate.

PAN SEARED TUNA WITH MANDARIN ORANGE PICO DE GALLO

Steps:

• Spray a medium saucepan with vegetable oil. Place over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic and cook until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in vinegar, brown sugar and pepper flakes. Cook and stir until sugar dissolves, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients except tuna. Set aside. Spray a large skillet with vegetable oil. Place over medium-high heat. Add fish to skillet and cook about 5 minutes per side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Serve fish with mandarin orange mixture.