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Pan-fried tuna with citrussy quinoa salad
- Published: 15 Nov 19
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
A new take on tuna, try this gorgeously light pan-fried tuna with a citrussy salad to change up your midweek dinners.
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Or try this gorgeous salmon traybake with soy and sesame dressing for a traybake with a twist.
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil for frying
- 2 leeks, finely sliced
- 3 carrots, finely sliced
- 300g quinoa
- 1 litre chicken or vegetable stock
- Handful fresh flatleaf parsley, chopped
- Finely grated zest and juice 1 orange
- 4 sustainable tuna steaks
- 100g bag watercress
Method
- Heat a glug of oil in a large, deep frying pan over a medium heat, then gently fry the leeks and carrots for 5 minutes. Add the quinoa and stir together. Cook for 1 minute, then pour in the stock. Reduce the heat to low-medium and simmer gently for 20 minutes until the quinoa is just cooked.
- Stir in half the parsley and half the orange zest and juice, then taste and season with salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute more, then turn off the heat.
- Heat a griddle pan until smoking hot. Season the tuna steaks with salt and pepper, then put in the hot pan and cook for 1½ minutes on each side for medium rare. Slice, then divide the steaks, cooked quinoa and watercress among 4 plates. Squeeze over the remaining orange juice and sprinkle with the orange zest to serve.
- Recipe from October 2019 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 529kcals
- Fat
- 11.5g (1.5 saturated)
- Protein
- 57g
- Carbohydrates
- 47.1g (11g sugars)
- Fibre
- 10g
- Salt
- 0.8g
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