This is a quick and easy recipe that has interchangeable parts that compliment the main ingredient. So this weeks main ingredient is Yellowfin Tuna . I used 6oz. tuna steaks that are about 3 to 4 inches wide and about 1/2 inch thick . As with any recipe, you can substitute most of the side ingredients, for example you can replace the asparagus for broccoli . The mushrooms and onions can be replaced with a potato or rice of some sort . The list goes on and on, but all the ingredients in this dish seems to work quite nicely together. The sides are steamed asparagus , saute baby bella mushrooms and vidalia onions, and my favorite side...Kumato tomatoes. The Kumato is a brownish green like tomato that has an exceptional flavor and can be found in most supermarkets . If your sick and tired of generic tomatoes that taste like cardboard, give Kumato a try its a nice change from the ordinary. So with three pans on the stove you can cook this meal in twenty minutes from prep to table. You need a steamer of some sorts, I use a rather inexpensive bamboo steamer with two levels. place it in 12 to 14 inch pan and fill the pan up half way with water. Set on high flame, cover and let steam, takes about 5 minutes. Next add a little olive oil in a saute pan with some garlic and add your sliced up vidalia onions and baby bella mushrooms. Cook them on a medium flame until the onions clarify . Now you start your fish. Remember, Prior to cooking the tuna you should wash it gently with cold water a pat it dry with a towel.(make sure its dry before putting it in your pan with hot oil, or else it will splatter and could be dangerous). I feel the mixing two different fats in preparing a meal is perfectly OK. I used olive oil to cook the fish but then added a pat of butter at the end to give it a silkiness and round out the flavor of the garlic and herbs.

Directions for cooking the Yellowfin Tuna Steaks .

4. 6oz Yellowfin Tuna steaks. (boneless and skinless)
4. Garlic cloves
1. Tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
2. Tbsp of butter (2 pats)

Season the steaks with salt and pepper on both sides. Heat up a non stick pan add the olive oil and finely diced garlic . Place the tuna steaks evenly around the pan and cook at a medium heat for about 1 minute and a half to two minutes per side. (you will see the steak change color up the side to a lighter gray). Add the butter close to finishing the second side, pour the melted butter with garlic over the top of the steaks. Garnish with diced parsley and a shot of fresh lemon juice .


Don't be afraid of cooking fresh fish, it's is fast and easy and worth every penny when done right .
Now go cook something ...

Dan