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August 29, 2004
Tuna with Miso-Chile Sauce
1 teaspoon butter
1 teaspoon minced shallots
1/2 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
1/8 teaspoon chile paste with garlic
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 cup dry red wine
1 1/2 tablespoons mirin (sweet rice wine)
1 tablespoon red miso (soybean paste)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
4 (6-ounce) tuna steaks
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add shallots, ginger, chile paste, and garlic; cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Add wine and mirin; bring to a boil. Cook until reduced to 3 tablespoons (about 8 minutes); remove from heat. Stir in miso.
Heat vegetable oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle tuna steaks with salt and pepper. Add tuna to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side until fish is medium-rare or desired degree of doneness. Serve tuna steaks with sauce.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 steak and 1 tablespoon sauce)
CALORIES 245 (23% from fat); FAT 6.2g (sat 1.5g, mono 1.4g, poly 2.6g); PROTEIN 40.4g; CARB 3.5g; FIBER 0.2g; CHOL 79mg; IRON 1.5mg; SODIUM 409mg; CALC 33mg
Posted by carcharhinid at August 29, 2004 03:36 PM