Seared Tuna with Oriental Citrus Sauce Mirabelle Jb Recipes

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Serving Size: 6
Cuisine: American
Main Ingredient: Fish
Categories: Lime, Lemon, Balsamic Vinegar, Steak, Soy Sauce, Orange Juice, Orange, Sesame, Main dishes, Seafood

-= Ingredients =-
~~ SAUCE ~~
2 1/2 cups Fresh orange juice
3 tablespoons Fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons Fresh lime juice
3/4 cup Tamari or soy sauce
1 tablespoon Balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon Asian sesame oil
1/3 cup Chopped peeled fresh
~~ FISH ~~
3 tablespoons Vegetable oil
6 1"-thick (6-oz) tuna steaks
1 cup Black sesame seeds

-= Instructions =-
available at Asian markets and many specialty foods shops and supermarkets Note: Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less. Make sauce In a large saucepan combine citrus juices, tamari or soy sauce, vinegar, oil, and gingerroot and simmer 15 minutes. Pour sauce through a fine sieve into a bowl. Sauce may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat sauce before preceeding. Preheat oven to 400?F. In a large non-stick skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking. Coat 2 tuna steaks with sesame seeds and sear 1 minute on each side, transferring to a baking sheet. Coat and sear remaining 4 tuna steaks in batches in same manner. Cook tuna in middle of oven 3 minutes for medium-rare. Cut each tuna steak into 4 slices and arrange slices, cut sides up, on 6 plates. Pour about 1/4 cup sauce around tuna on each plate. Serves 6. Gourmet June 1996 You Asked For It Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #2.TXT Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by Julie Bertholf <jewel1@ix.netcom.com> on May 06, 1998