Seared Tuna with Mango Salsa

Every so often, my mother-in-law trudges into the City to see her doctor.  This always presents itself with something special for us - tuna steaks!  Far too expensive to buy at our local grocery store, Zabar's has quality tuna at a good price.  Well, it used to be a good price.  The M-o-L reports back the prices drastically went up, so this might be it for us.  Good thing she walked out of the store with four!  Two for tonight, two for the freezer.

Now usually I would marinate these suckers in some soy-citrus mixture, but we had all intentions of grilling these puppies... until Mother Nature decided it was going to rain this Labor Day weekend.  (Thanks to the hubs, who grilled in the rain last night for our BBQ!)  Instead of making the poor guy grill in the rain two nights in a row, I opted for the stovetop.

A sweet mango salsa underneath, a little black pepper on the tuna and we were good to go!

Seared Tuna with Mango Salsa

Seared Tuna with Mango Salsa

What You Need:

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 tsp fresh ginger
• 3 cloves garlic, pressed
• 2 ripe mangos, peeled, seeded, and small diced
• 1/3 c orange juice
• 2 tsp light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 jalapeño, minced
• 2 tsp fresh mint, minced
• 2 tuna steaks

To Make the Mango Salsa:

1. Sauté the olive oil, onions, and ginger in a large sauté pan over medium-low heat for 10 minutes, or until the onions are translucent.
2. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
3. Add the mangos, reduce the heat to low and cook for 10 more minutes.
4. Add the orange juice, brown sugar, salt, black pepper, and jalapeno; cook for 10 more minutes, until orange juice is reduced, stirring occasionally.
5. Remove from the heat and add the mint.

Serve warm, at room temperature, or chilled.

To Make the Tuna Steaks:

1. Heat two tablespoons oil in large skillet.  
2. Coat both sides of tuna with freshly ground pepper.  
3. Sear tuna, 3 minutes each side.

Place one tuna steak on top of mango salsa to serve.

Seared Tuna with Mango Salsa adapted from Ina Garten.