Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Asian Salad with Tuna Marinated in Vodka and Wasabi

Recipe:

Tuna

- Fresh lump of tuna – Sashimi Grade
- Vodka
- Wasabi
- Grated Ginger
- Sesame Seeds

Salad

- Bean Sprouts
- Garlic Shoots
- Capsicum
- Shallots
- Rice Vermicelli

Sundries

- Sesame Oil
- Soya Sauce

Place tuna in a close fitting dish cover with wasabi, ginger and vodka. Allow to sit in fridge for one hour.

Cook rice vermicelli, toss with a little sesame oil and cool in fridge. Slice vegetables (Asian style) lengthways. Mix with rice vermicelli, to create salad.

Remove tuna from marinade. Dry with paper towel. Seer tuna in pan on each side such that all the surface turns brown. This should take less than a minute.

Chop tuna into bit size chunks. Add sesame oil to pan and roast some sesame seeds. Mix roasted sesame seeds with tuna.

Serve Tuna with salad. Drizzly a little soya sauce over for taste.

Score: 3 Chefs

2 comments:

Cossel Chang said...

Why are you using vodka and not rice wine? It's cheaper and more traditional, I think if you get a decent one, tends to be a better flavour.

Steve said...

Truth be told I have three bottles of vodka just sitting around. I haven't tried rice wine but I did a sake and wasabi carpaccio which was awesome.