Seared sesame crusted yellowfin tuna with miso glazed spinach and onions
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Author: newwavegurly Status: published Published: Aug 15,2008 license cc-by-nc-nd tags: homemade, seared, tuna, spinach, savory, miso, sesame seeds, yellowfin, onions, yellowfin tuna, miso glaze,
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Share on TwitterThis was my first attempt at this, and it was quite tasty (a little on the sweeter side because of the orange juice in the miso glaze/sauce)! Here's an attempt at recreating the recipe:
1 6-8 oz. piece yellowfin tuna
1/4 cup sesame seeds (I used black ones because it's what I had)
1/4 cup light red miso
1/2 cup mirin
1 Tbs. soy sauce
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 1/2 tsp. toasted sesame oil
juice from 1/2 an orange
1/2 of a large sweet onion
1 1/2 Tbs. of olive oil
1 bag of pre-washed baby spinach
Whisk together the mirin, soy sauce, miso, orange juice, garlic, and sesame oil. Put tuna in shallow dish and pour half of the miso mixture over it. Cover. Let marinate for an hour or so.
Carmelize the onions in the olive oil in a large pan while tuna marinates. Once carmelized, bring heat to medium, and pour what is left of the miso mixture in. Stir to deglaze the bottom of the pan. Let simmer for a couple of minutes. Fold spinach into miso sauce and onions, allow spinach to wilt and lower temperature to low while cooking the tuna.
Heat a dry grill pan over high heat (can be done while miso sauce is simmering). Spread sesame seeds out on a plate. Take tuna out of marinade and coat each side of fish with sesame seeds. Spray some non-stick cooking spray on the grill pan once it is up to temperature, and then lay tuna in pan. Do NOT move fish. Cook for between 1-3 minutes (depending on thickness, I cooked mine for about 2), then flip over and cook for another 1-3 minutes.
