Seared Tuna with Avocado Salsa

Name: Seared Tuna with Avocado Salsa
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 680 grams tuna steaks; 2 avocados, peeled and diced; 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons dark brown sugar; 3 Tbsps chopped fresh cilantro; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 237 milliliters halved grape tomatoes; 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and finely chopped; 2 Tbsps fresh lime juice; 2 Tbsps lower-sodium soy sauce; 118 milliliters vertically sliced red onion; 0 teaspoons salt

Seared Tuna with Avocado Salsan is a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian main course. One serving contains 431 calories, 43g of protein, and 23g of fat. This recipe serves 4. If you have onion, brown sugar, cilantro, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the dark brown sugar you could follow this main course with the Brown Butter Brown Sugar Cookies as a dessert. This recipe is typical of Mexican cuisine.

Instructions

Combine first 9 ingredients in a medium bowl.

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Combine soy sauce and brown sugar in a small bowl, stirring until brown sugar dissolves. Reserve 1 tablespoon soy sauce mixture.

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Heat a grill pan over high heat. Coat pan evenly with cooking spray.

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Add steaks to pan; cook 2 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness, basting steaks frequently with soy mixture.

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Remove steaks from grill pan; drizzle with reserved 1 tablespoon soy mixture.

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Serve fish with salsa.

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Ingredients

Servings:

680grams

tuna steaks 2

avocados, peeled and diced 1teaspoons

freshly ground black pepper 2teaspoons

dark brown sugar 3Tbsps

chopped fresh cilantro 2

garlic cloves, minced 237milliliters

halved grape tomatoes 1

jalapeño pepper, seeded and finely chopped 2Tbsps

fresh lime juice 2Tbsps

lower-sodium soy sauce 118milliliters

vertically sliced red onion 0teaspoons

salt

Recommended wine: Merlot, Pinot Noir, Rose Wine

Tuna works really well with Merlot, Pinot Noir, and rosé Wine. Though fish is often paired with white wine, 'meatier' fish like tuna can absolutely go with red wine. A Rosé will also pair nicely, particularly if your tunan is prepared with ingredients better suited to a white wine. The Matanzas Creek Alexander Valley Merlot with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 28 dollars per bottle.