Yellowfin Tuna with Spicy Mango Salsa
Yellowfin tuna with spicy mango salsa. Fish lovers, be ready! This recipe is for you. Close your eyes and imagine this: cooked to perfection yellowfin tuna with a beautiful crust of mixed peppercorns, fennel seeds – can you smell them – and coriander. Cooked to perfection and sitting on a bed of fresh mangoes prepared in a sweet-spicy salsa. Mouthwatering would be the word I would use to describe it. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Ingredients
- 4 filletsyellowfin tuna
- 1 teaspoonfennel seeds
- 1 teaspooncoriander seeds
- 1 teaspoonwhole mixed peppercorns
- 1 pinchsea salt
- 1 pinchground black pepper
- 3 piecesripe mangos, peeled and cut into ¼ inch dice
- 1 piecered onion, peeled and cut into small dice
- 1 piecejalapeno, stemmed, seeds removed, and minced
- 1.5 teaspoonsminced ginger
- 1 tablespoonSriracha hot chili sauce, or sambal, or hot pepper sauce
- 0.25 cuplemon juice
- 1 pinchsalt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- 1
In a large ceramic bowl combine the mangoes, onions, jalapeno, ginger, Sriracha, and lemon juice, and blend well. Season with salt and pepper. Use or refrigerate.
- 2
YELLOWFIN TUNA
- 3
In a mortar crush together the fennel seeds, coriander seeds, mixed peppercorn, sea salt, and regular pepper until all seeds are crushed.
- 4
Place the rub on a plate and add the yellowfin tuna and coat them well on both sides.
- 5
Meanwhile, heat to high heat a non-stick skillet. Once the skillet is hot, rub some olive oil over the yellowfin tuna and place the oiled side down into the pan. Sear on high 1 ½ to 2 minutes per side.
- 6
Remove from the skillet when done, they should be pink in the middle, sprinkle more olive oil over it, and gentle squeeze lemon over each tuna.
- 7
Spread some of the spicy mango salsa in the middle of the plate and place the yellowfin tuna over it.