Rock Salt Crusted Ahi Tuna in Orange Coconut Glaze

Name: Rock Salt Crusted Ahi Tuna in Orange Coconut Glaze
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 907 grams loin of ahi tuna (not steaks); 439 grams coconut milk; 2 Tbsps cornstarch; 1 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon or mint; 59 milliliters grape seed oil; 4 oranges, 1 zested and all juiced; 6 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps water

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Rock Salt Crusted Ahi Tunan in Orange Coconut Glaze a try. One serving contains 485 calories, 37g of protein, and 34g of fat. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian diet. If you have salt and pepper, grape seed oil, orange zest, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the grape seed oil you could follow this main course with the Plum Quinoa Cakes as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 20 minutes.

Instructions

In a heavy bottom sauce pan, add coconut milk and orange juice, and over medium-high heat, reduce liquid by half. Thicken by mixing the cornstarch and water together to form a slurry and adding to the reduced mixture, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes more.

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Coconut Milk

Orange Juice

Corn Starch

Sauce

Water

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Sauce Pan

Add tarragon and orange zest, turn off heat, and allow to rest.

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Orange Zest

Tarragon

Take the tuna and season the whole outside with salt and pepper (if the tuna loin is too big, you may cut in half or quarters lengthwise for ease of cooking). Using a heavy bottom skillet or saute pan, add grape seed oil and heat until smoking.

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Salt And Pepper

Grape Seed Oil

Tuna

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Frying Pan

Place tuna loin in oil gently and leave for 2 minutes or until golden brown on that side. Turn and repeat on all sides of tuna.

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Tuna

Cooking Oil

Remove from heat and allow to rest for 5 minutes.

To serve, place a little sauce on plate, slice the tuna thinly, and arrange on sauce. The tuna should have an appearance of being cooked on the outside and raw on the inside.

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Sauce

Tuna

Note: please use only high-quality tuna

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Tuna

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Servings:

907grams

loin of ahi tuna (not steaks)439grams

coconut milk 2Tbsps

cornstarch 1teaspoon

chopped fresh tarragon or mint 59milliliters

grape seed oil 4

oranges, 1 zested and all juiced 6servings

Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2Tbsps

water

Recommended wine: Merlot, Pinot Noir, Rose Wine

Ahi Tuna can be paired with Merlot, Pinot Noir, and rosé Wine. Though fish is often paired with white wine, 'meatier' fish like ahi tuna can absolutely go with red wine. A Rosé will also pair nicely, particularly if your ahi tunan is prepared with ingredients better suited to a white wine. One wine you could try is Robert Mondavi Napa Merlot. It has 4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 30 dollars.