Soy Glazed Tuna Wasabi Mashed Potato Sake Carrot Ginger Sauce Recipes

GINGER SAKE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium heat in a saucepan. Add garlic, shallots and ginger. Saute for 30 seconds and add crushed tomatoes, sake, sugar and chile sauce. Simmer for 15 minutes. Remove sauce from heat and set aside. When cool, puree in blender until smooth. Reheat to serve.

SOY GLAZED TUNA, WASABI MASHED POTATO, SAKE CARROT GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• For the mashed potatoes: Boil potatoes until fork tender. Drain and whip with remaining ingredients.
• For the sauce: Place all ingredients is a saucepan. Bring to a simmer and cook until carrots are tender. Puree in a food processor, and push through a chinois.
• For the glaze: Heat soy sauce and sugar in a saucepan until sugar is dissolved.
• Assembly: Sear tuna in a hot pan or grill. Place on a plate and glaze. Surround with carrot ginger sauce and serve with mashed potatoes.

GINGER-SOY CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the extra-virgin olive oil in large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onions, garlic, ginger and chile pepper and sweat them out a few minutes. Stir in the carrots and tamari sauce, then cover the pot and cook for 7 to 8 minutes. Add the stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer the soup until the carrots are tender. Puree as smooth or chunky as you like with hand blender or in a processor, in batches. Season the soup with salt and pepper, to taste. Cool completely and store in the refrigerator for a make-ahead meal.
• Reheat, in a covered pot, over medium heat and serve in shallow bowls with a fried egg on top, cooked to your liking. Garnish each serving with chives or scallions and a drizzle of toasted sesame oil on top. Pass the toasted sesame rolls at the table, for dunking.

GINGER-SOY GLAZED RAINBOW CARROTS

Steps:

• Cook 1 pound halved peeled rainbow carrots in a large skillet with 1/4 inch salted boiling water until tender, 7 to 9 minutes. Drain, then return to the skillet. Add 2 tablespoons butter and 2 teaspoons grated peeled ginger; toss. Add 2 teaspoons each lemon juice and soy sauce; season with salt and pepper. Top with chives.

CRUNCHY SLAW WITH SEARED TUNA AND HONEY-SESAME-GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix together the red and green cabbage, green onions, cilantro, carrots and bell pepper in a large bowl. Toss to combine.
• Rub the tuna with sunflower oil. Over medium-high heat, heat a large skillet. Add the tuna and cook 3 minutes per side to sear so that it is rare in the center and golden brown on the outside.
• Meanwhile, for the dressing, add the rice wine vinegar, garlic, ginger, toasted sesame oil, soy sauce, sriracha, honey and olive oil to a small bowl. Mix to combine. Drizzle on the salad and toss gently to combine. Plate on a platter.
• Slice the tuna into 1/2-inch slices and top the salad with the tuna. Sprinkle with the cashews, sunflower seeds and Aleppo pepper. Squeeze over a wedge of lime and serve the remaining lime wedges on the side.

GINGER-GLAZED SALMON

Steps:

• Combine the olive oil, soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, maple syrup, Chinese mustard, sriracha and garlic in a large bowl. Pour one-third into a small bowl and reserve. Add the salmon fillets to the large bowl. Marinate, covered, in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add a drizzle of olive oil to coat the skillet. Add the salmon skin-side down and cook until crispy, about 5 minutes. Baste the flesh side with the reserved marinade. Flip and cook until the salmon is cooked through and the flesh side is golden brown, an additional 3 to 4 minutes. Top with the scallions.

TUNA BURGERS WITH CARROT-GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare the sauce: Pulse the carrot and ginger in a food processor until finely chopped. Add the vinegar, sesame oil, soy sauce and sugar and process until smooth. Drizzle in 2 tablespoons water and combine; season with salt and pepper. Transfer the sauce to a bowl and set aside.
• Prepare the burgers: Chop the tuna into chunks. Wipe out the food processor and add the tuna; pulse a few times to break up the pieces. In a bowl, mix 2 tablespoons olive oil, the soy sauce, lime juice, cilantro and ginger; season with salt and pepper. Pour over the tuna and process until well blended. Form into 4 patties; brush each lightly with the remaining 1 teaspoon olive oil.
• Preheat a grill or grill pan. Once hot, add the burgers and cook for 2 minutes on each side for rare, or to desired doneness.
• Toss the sprouts in the carrot-ginger sauce. Place the burgers on buns and top with avocado and sprouts.

SOY TUNA WITH WASABI MASH

Steps:

• Mix together the soy sauce, vinegar and sugar. Pour over the tuna and marinate for at least 20 mins or up to 2 hrs in the fridge. Place the potatoes in a pan of lightly salted boiling water, then cook for 10-15 mins until soft. Drain well. Heat the milk in the pan and mix in the wasabi, return the potatoes to the pan, then mash until smooth. Stir through the spring onion and keep warm.
• Heat a non-stick griddle pan until smoking hot. Remove the tuna from the marinade. Cook on the griddle for 2-3 mins on each side until seared on the outside, but still pink inside. Cook the broad or soy beans according to pack instructions, then serve alongside the tuna and mash.