Delicious Accidents

I bought a bag of frozen tuna steaks from costco. I would have to say Mahi Mahi/Tuna is one of my favorite fish, namely because it’s meaty when cooked.  Salmon is just too darn fishy and I can only eat a small bit at a time.  Catfish is good, but only good fried.  Other than that, I haven’t experience much.  Fish can be pretty expensive, and you have to watch what you buy otherwise, it’s old and gross.

So anyway, last night, I wanted to use up some of the tuna steaks I bought.  I wanted some relatively light, so what better way to prepare than some asian inspired dish.  I’m not sure where I got the recipe or idea from. I perused my cooking light cookbook and saw some ideas.

I an “Asian” wet rub for the tuna before pan searing it.  To go along with that, I made some “Asian” noodles using soba noodles.

Brian’s comments while cooking - “Baby, that smells :-(”
Brian’s comments while chowing down - This is actually pretty good, it’s a bit salty but has just the right amount of spice.

Tuna Steak:
1/3 cup of low sodium miso
1 tbs of ginger
1 tbs of honey
1 tbs of red pepper flakes
1 tbs of Asian Chili sauce
1 tbs of rice wine vinegar
2 6oz tuna steaks

Rub the marinade on the tuna steaks and let sit for 30 minutes.  Pan sear in a tbs of hot vegetable oil to your liking.  I like mine medium, and I cooked it all the way for Brian.

For the noodles:
3 cups of cooked soba noodles
1 tbs of all natural peanut butter with some extra oil that sits on top for the dressing
1 tbs of lite soy sauce
1/2 tbs of grated ginger
1 tbs of rice wine vinegar
1 tbs of lime juice
2 tbs of sesame seeds

Toss the hot cooked noodles in with the rest of the ingredients and serve room temperature.

Note: I suggest adding edamame or cooked sugar snap peas to the noodles.  I didn’t have any on hand.

Sorry for the bad picture.  Took it with an iPhone as an after thought while we were eating.