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H A P P Y N E W Y E A R ! !

As we have not yet had Nativity, we won't celebrate New Year until Jan 13! LOL!

So tonight will be a wonderful recipe for Tuna steak that the ol' curmudgeon found. It's **fabulous** and has a soy-ginger dipping sauce that is to die for. Yummmm! I *think* he adapted it from something Alton Brown had on his program recently. He's absolutely addicted to Alton.

Here's his variation:

Seared Tuna Loin

1/2 cup dark soy sauce
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup dry wasabi powder

2 pounds tuna loin, cut into 2 pieces
1/2 cup panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
2 tablespoons olive oil

Mix the soy sauce, honey, and wasabi powder. Reserve 1/4 cup for dipping sauce. Roll each piece of tuna in this mixture to coat evenly. Marinate at least 1 hour (can leave it overnight - better that way). Remove the tuna from the marinade and **discard** the marinade. Do NOT re-use, do NOT use as dipping sauce!

Evenly spread Panko crumbs on a plate. Roll the tuna in the crumbs to coat fairly evenly.

In a hot skillet, with a little olive oil, sear fish for 60 seconds per side or to desired temperature. Place on a rack for about 3 minutes then cover with foil or plastic wrap so it will continue to cook from residual heat. Slice thinly and serve with the dipping sauce.

The tuna is still pretty "rare" at this point, so you either need to be sure to purchase "sushi grade" tuna from a reputable fish monger, OR sear it about a minute longer to be sure it is cooked through. Since we luv sushi, the ol' curmudgeon drives 25 miles to a good fish monger and gets sushi grade tuna. Costs more, but the taste is worth it - and we only have it on rare occasions.

Enjoy! It's really easy to make!

Alton Brown uses sesame seeds to coat, but we really like the Panko better. He also cooks it "chimney" style, but not having a chimney grill, DH pan fried it.

It's nice that some of this stuff is available at your larger groceries now. I can get Panko and Wasabi Powder at Publix.

Cheerio!
Elizabeth

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