grapefruit-seared tuna with crispy noodles & a side of avocado mango salad
ingredients:
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 2 red chillies
- 20g fresh coriander
- 20g fresh mint
- 1 handful of glass noodles
- 2 spring onions
- 2 pink grapefruits
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 tunes steaks
- 1 mango
- 1 avocado
directions:
- juice the two grapefruits.
- add the fish sauce to the grapefruit juice.
- coat the bottom of a bowl with marinate. add the tuna steaks to the bowl. pour the remainder of the marinate over the top, completely submerge both steaks.
- leave to marinate for 40 minutes
- carefully pour the grapefruit juice from the bowl into a jug
- dry off the tuna and put to one side.
- finely chop the chillies
- for the dressing, also add to the jug: sesame oil, olive oil and chillies. mix well.
- finely chop the mint and coriander leaves. put 1/4 of the herbs to one side for garnish. with the remaining herbs pat around the tuna steaks to encrust it. wrap in cling film and place in the fridge.
- dice the avocado and mango. finely slice spring onions at an angle.
- boil the glass noodles for 1 minute.
- drain and allow to steam dry and cool.
- add a little olive oil to a hot non-stick pan, add your noodles and leave them until they are nice and crisp on one side. now flip them over and do the same on the other side.
- thinly slice the tunas steaks.
- serve the tuna on a bed of the crispy noodles. sprinkle over herbs and spring onions. add a side of the avocado mango salad and complete by drizzling over the dressing
- enjoy!