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.

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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

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

Directions

PREP

20 mins

READY IN

1.25 hrs

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: