Seared Tuna In Wasabi Sauce

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/4 cups wine
• 2 tablespoons limes
• 1/4 cup onion, minced
• 1 piece fresh ginger, size of a quarter and crushed
• 1 garlic clove, left whole and but crushed
• 2 -4 tablespoons wasabi paste
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves or 1 cup fresh parsley
• 6 (6 ounce) tuna steaks
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 combine wine, lime, onion, ginger and garlic in a saucepan over medium heat. simmer to reduce to about 2 tablespoons.
• 2 place reduced sauce in blender with the butter, soy and wasabi and blend till smooth and butter is melted.
• 3 place in a bowl.
• 4 stir in cilantro.
• 5 preheat grill high. it needs to be very hot!
• 6 mix olive oil and 1 tablespoon sauce together. brush tuna steaks with the sauce and oil mixture.
• 7 grill for 90 seconds then turn and continue grilling for 90 seconds more.
• 8 if you just want the tuna seared remove from grill now. otherwise continue grilling for 1 minute on each side again.
• 9 serve tuna topped with the yummy sauce.