Pan-Seared Tuna With Ginger-Shiitake Cream Sauce
Created by lazyme on March 14, 2015
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #18033
Ingredients
- 6 (36 ounces) tuna steaks (6 ounce each/1-inch thick)
- 2 tablespoons oil (peanut oil)
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/3 cup green onions (thinly sliced)
- 1/4 cup fresh chopped cilantro
- 2 tablespoons chopped gingerroot (finely chopped)
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 8 ounces sliced shiitake mushrooms
- 6 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Lime wedges, optional
- Cilantro sprigs, optional
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 200°F.
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Step 2: Sprinkle 1 side of tuna steaks with pepper.
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Step 3: Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over high heat.
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Step 4: Place tuna steaks, pepper side down, in hot oil and sear 2 minutes.
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Step 5: Turn tuna over and continue cooking to desired doneness, about 2 minutes for rare.
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Step 6: Transfer tuna to rimmed baking sheet; keep warm in oven.
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Step 7: Add butter, sliced green onions, cilantro, ginger and chopped garlic to same skillet and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
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Step 8: Mix in mushrooms and soy sauce and simmer 30 seconds.
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Step 9: Add whipping cream and simmer until sauce lightly coats back of spoon, about 3 minutes.
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Step 10: Stir in lime juice.
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Step 11: Spoon sauce onto plates; arrange tuna atop sauce.
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Step 12: Garnish with lime wedges and cilantro sprigs, if desire
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (402.2 g)
- Calories 670.4
- Total Fat - 48 g
- Saturated Fat - 20.2 g
- Cholesterol - 210.1 mg
- Sodium - 1810.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 15.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
- Sugars - 4 g
- Protein - 46.2 g
- Calcium - 137.3 mg
- Iron - 2.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 43.2 mg
- Thiamin - 1.2 mg