Soba noodles with grilled tuna & soy ginger s
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Chicken broth |
| 1 | tablespoon | Olive oil |
| 8 | 4 oz. tuna steaks | |
| 1/2 inch thick | ||
| 3 | tablespoons | Minced garlic |
| 2½ | Inch piece of fresh ginger | |
| Peeled and minced | ||
| 1 | cup | Rice vinegar |
| ⅔ | cup | Soy sauce |
| 1½ | tablespoon | Finely grated lemon zest |
| 1 | teaspoon | Minced serrano chile |
| Or | ||
| ½ | teaspoon | Crushed red pepper |
| 1 | teaspoon | Sugar |
| 6 | Scallions, thinly sliced | |
| 1 | pounds | Dried soba noodles or |
| Rice noodles or linguine | ||
| ¼ | cup | Minced fresh chives |
| 1 | tablespoon | Minced fresh mint |
| Sprigs of mint for garnish | ||
Directions
Rub tuna steaks with oil and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
In a small saucepan, heat remaining 2 tsp. oil over moderately high heat. Add the garlic and ginger and cook, stirring until slightly colored, about 1 minute. Stir in the stock, vinegar, soy sauce and 1 tsp. of the lemon zest. Add the chile and sugar and bring to a boil.
Remove from the heat and stir in the scallions and keep warm.
Bring a pot of water to the boil for the noodles.
Grill the tuna for about 5 minutes, turning once, until charred on the outside and pink in the middle. Transfer to a plate and keep warm.
Cook the noodles and toss with half of the soy sauce mixture. Mound the noodles on 8 warm plates. Place the tuna on the noodles and spoon the remaining sauce over. In a small bowl, toss the remaining zest with the chives and minced mint and sprinkle over each serving.
Garnish with mint and serve immediately.
Source:Food and Wine November 1992.