Tuna with Coconut-Curry Sauce

Name: Tuna with Coconut-Curry Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters slivered fresh basil leaves; 237 milliliters canned coconut milk; 946 milliliters hot cooked rice; 2 teaspoons Thai red curry paste or curry powder; 2 Tbsps minced fresh cilantro; 4 teaspoons tamarind concentrate or lime juice; 4 servings Salt; 118 milliliters chopped salted roasted cashews; 680 grams boned tuna (ahi, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 in. thick)

Tuna with Coconut-Curry Sauce might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian recipe has 783 calories, 58g of protein, and 37g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 37% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have cilantro, coconut milk, curry powder, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a bowl, mix coconut milk, tamarind concentrate, and curry paste; stir in cilantro.

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Tamarind Paste

Coconut Milk

Curry Paste

Cilantro

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Bowl

Rinse tuna, pat dry, and turn over in coconut milk sauce. Lift out fish; save the sauce.

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Coconut Milk

Sauce

Fish

Tuna

Pour sauce into a 1- to 1 1/2-quart pan; bring to a boil over high heat, stirring. Or bring to a boil in a microwave-safe container in a microwave oven at full power (100%). Keep warm.

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Sauce

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Frying Pan

Lay tuna on a lightly oiled barbecue grill over a solid bed of very hot coals or high heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level only 1 to 2 seconds), close lid on gas grill. Cook tuna until bottom is pale color about 1/4 inch into fish (cut to test; center is red), about 2 minutes. Turn tuna with a wide spatula and cook until side on grill is the same color as it is on the top, and center is still pink to red, about 1 minute longer.

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Fish

Tuna

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Grill

Stir cashews into rice, spoon onto plates, and top with equal portions tuna.

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Rice

Tuna

Sprinkle with basil.

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Basil

Serve with warm coconut-curry sauce and add salt to taste.

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Curry Sauce

Coconut

Salt

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Servings:

59milliliters

slivered fresh basil leaves 237milliliters

canned coconut milk 946milliliters

hot cooked rice 2teaspoons

Thai red curry paste or curry powder 2Tbsps

minced fresh cilantro 4teaspoons

tamarind concentrate or lime juice 4servings

Salt 118milliliters

chopped salted roasted cashews 680grams

boned tuna (ahi, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 in. thick)

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 Nickel & Nickel Harris Vineyard Merlot with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 40 dollars per bottle.