Pecan Crusted Tuna Steak Recipes

PECAN-CRUST TUNA STEAKS

Steps:

• Lightly beat egg on a plate. On another plate, combine pecans, ginger and cayenne pepper. Salt and pepper to taste. Dip tuna steaks in egg, then in pecan mixture. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook tuna for 4 to 5 minutes per side or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Drizzle with lemon juice to taste. Serve with garlic rapini and roasted potatoes.

PECAN-CRUSTED FISH FILLETS

Steps:

• Mix pecans, bread crumbs and lemon peel in shallow bowl. Beat egg and milk with wire whisk or fork in another shallow bowl.
• Cut fish into 4 serving pieces. Sprinkle both sides of fish with salt and pepper. Coat fish with egg mixture, then coat well with pecan mixture, pressing slightly into fish.
• Heat oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add fish. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook 6 to 10 minutes, turning once carefully with 2 pancake turners, until fish flakes easily with fork and is brown. Serve with lemon wedges.

SESAME-CRUSTED TUNA

Steps:

• In a dry skillet on medium heat, toast the white sesame seeds until they are just beginning to turn light golden brown and fragrant. Remove from heat and spread seeds on a plate. Add the black sesame seeds to the plate if using, and stir seeds around with fingertips to combine.
• Brush the tuna pieces on all sides with olive oil. Season on all sides with salt and pepper, and dip tuna pieces in the seeds, pressing to coat on all sides. Set aside on a wax foil lined cookie sheet.
• When ready to cook, heat the 2 tablespoons olive oil on medium high in the skillet. When oil is hot, add the butter, when the butter foams, add the fish to the skillet. Let cook without moving the fish for about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, until the sesame crust begins to crisp and brown. When the crust is golden brown, turn the fish and cook until the other side is golden brown and crisp, about another 2 minutes, adding additional butter if needed to keep the fish from sticking and speed up the browning. Once the second side is browned, turn the fish pieces on edge with tongs, to brown the remaining sides.
• Remove from heat and set aside. Fish will be medium rare at this point. If you prefer fish more well done, place the ban with the fish in a 375 degree F oven for another 3 to 5 minutes.
• To serve, slice each portion in half and place on the pasta bed with the edges overlapping. Sprinkle with finishing salt, if desired.

PEPPER CRUSTED TUNA STEAK

Steps:

• Mix the basil, thyme and the black pepper together. Season the tuna with the mixture. In a hot saute pan, add the olive oil and sear the tuna until cooked rare or to desired temperature. Remove the tuna. Then add the bok choy with the wasabi, fish stock and the soy sauce to the hot saute. Reduce the stock by a quarter. Remove from heat and ladle the soy wasabi broth into the bowls and place the cooked tuna on the top of top of the bok choy.

PECAN CRUSTED TUNA WITH LEMON BUTTER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a small saucepan until slightly browned. Add parsley and lemon juice.
• Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper. In cast iron skillet, heat 1 tbsp butter until hot. Sear fish 3 minutes on each side--you can cook longer if you like your fish well done. Spoon 1/4 cup of pecan mixture over the top of the fish. Place in oven set on broil 5 1/2" from the heat. Leave oven door partially open. Broil until slightly browned. Transfer to a plate and drizzle with the lemon butter.
• If you don't have cast iron skillets, use your regular nonstick pan to cook the fish. Use a baking sheet and either coat it with nonstick spray or pour the drippings from the pan on it and then place the fish on that to broil.

PANKO AND SESAME SEED CRUSTED AHI TUNA

Steps:

• Create a dredging station: The ¼ cup of chili sauce goes into a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the panko and sesame seeds together.
• Dip each tuna steak into the chili sauce.
• Next, coat the tuna steaks with the panko and sesame seed mixture on all four sides.
• Heat the canola oil on medium-high heat. Test the oil to see if it is hot enough for cooking by dropping in a few of the panko breadcrumbs; if they sizzle, the oil is ready.
• Sauté the tuna steaks for about 3 minutes per side for medium-rare (your cooking time may vary). Remove the tuna steaks from the pan and allow them to rest for about 3-5 minutes.
• Slice the each tuna steak into ½ inch slices. Serve over cooked wild rice and Bacon and Garlic Spinach Sauté.

PECAN CRUSTED TUNA STEAK

Steps:

• Pat steaks dry and rub both sides with olive oil. Mix salt,pepper,thyme and parsley together. Sprinkle both sides of steaks with mixture. Place nuts in shallow bowl and press both sides of steaks into nuts. Set aside. Place all ingredients for sauce in blender or food processor and mix until well blended. heat non-stick or cast iron pan to medium high heat. Coat with olive oil and add steaks. Cook about 1 minute per side or to desired doneness. Ladle sauce in middle of plate and place steak directly on it.