Tuna: Garlic Braised Tuna Steaks
Source of Recipe
The Complete Microwave Cookbook.
List of Ingredients
4 Tuna steaks 1" thick
1 Garlic clove peeled and cut in thin slivers
8 oz Button onions peeled
1 tbl Butter
1/2 cup Red wine
1/2 cup Water
1 Bay leaf
SAUCE
1 tbl Butter
1 tbl Flour
1 tbl Tomato paste
1/2 tsp Thyme
1 tbl Chopped parsley
Squeeze of lemon juice
Salt and pepper
GARNISH
1 lb Spinach washed and thinly
sliced
1 tbl Butter Recipe
* Make small slits in the tuna steaks with a knife and insert a sliver of garlic into each slit. Heat a browning dish for 3 minutes on High. Drop in 1T butter and the peeled onions. Heat for 1-2 minutes on High, stirring occasionally, until the onions begin to brown. Pour in the water and wine.
* Transfer the contents of the browning dish to a large casserole. Add the bay leaf and fish to the casserole, cover loosely and cook for 5 minutes on High. Remove the fish and onions from the casserole and keep them warm.
* Melt 1T butter in small, deep bowl for 30 seconds on High. Stir in the flour and cook for 1-2 minutes on High or until flour is lightly browned.
* Pour in the cooking liquid from the fish, and add the tomato paste and thyme. Cook for 2-3 minutes on High, stirring occasionally until thickened. Add the parsley, lemon juice, salt and pepper, and set aside with the fish. Melt the remaining butter in a small casserole on High for 30 seconds. Put in the spinach, cover loosely and cook for 1-2 minutes on High. Spread the spinach onto a serving plate and combine the fish and sauce to re-heat for 30 seconds on High. Arrange the fish and onions on top of the bed of spinach and pour the sauce over to serve.
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