Yellowfin tuna with sweet and sour blood orange sauce
Ingredients
for 4 person
1 tbsp | peanut oil |
1 | garlic clove, pressed |
1 | red chilli, deseeded, finely chopped |
1 stick | lemongrass, core finely chopped |
2 | red onions, thinly sliced |
4 | carrots, cut into sticks |
1 tbsp | tomato puree |
1 dl | blood orange juice |
1 dl | ginger juice |
2 tbsp | white wine vinegar |
1 tbsp | soy sauce |
2 tbsp | sugar |
1 tbsp | Maizena cornflour |
2 | blood orange, segmented |
260 g | tofu, plain, cut into sticks |
2 tbsp | soy sauce |
100 g | coconut flakes |
2 tbsp | peanut oil |
4 slice | yellowfin tuna (each approx. 180 g) |
How it's done
Sweet and sour sauce
Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan. Add the garlic, chilli and lemongrass, stir fry briefly. Add the onions, carrots and tomato puree, stir fry for a further 5 mins. Combine the blood orange juice and ginger juice with the vinegar, soy sauce, sugar and cornflour, pour into the pan, bring to the boil while stirring, simmer for approx. 3 mins. Add the orange segments and heat gently.
Tuna and crispy tofu
Coat the tofu with soy sauce, toss in the coconut flakes. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan. Fry the tofu all over for approx. 3 mins., remove from the pan. Fry the fish in the same pan for approx. 1 min. on each side, remove and cut into slices. Serve the tofu with the sweet and sour sauce.
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