Tuna Noodle Broth

A great source of protein, calcium, magnesium and not forgetting omega-3, fresh tuna has it all. Fresh tuna steaks can be a very versatile meat and can be cooked in many different ways. Typically I like to lightly fry them and have them rare.

In this dish I partnered tuna steaks with asparagus, broccoli and rice noodles, bound in a slightly spicy hoisin broth, topped with fresh coriander and grated carrot.

Tuna Noodle Broth

Ingredients

Water and Veg (4 litres) or stock cube/pre-made veg stock

2 Tuna Steaks

1/2 Broccoli Head (cut into small florets)

8 Asparagus

1/2 Red Pepper (sliced)

1 Bunch Fresh Coriander

1 Carrot

1 Teaspoons of Ground Cinnamon

1 Tablespoons of Ground Coriander

2 Fresh Chillies

3 Tablespoons of Hoisin sauce

2 Tablespoons of Soy Sauce

Salt

Method

Start with a stock: take your pick, if time is available use off cuts of veg to make a simple vegetable stock, bring a large pan of seasoned water, with all of your left over or off cut veg in, then simmer for around 30 to 40 minutes. Alternatively you could use powdered stock or a pre-made stock. When you have your base stock, add coriander, cinnamon, fresh chilli and hoisin sauce, soy sauce and seasoning to taste. Simmer for 20 minutes and strain, keeping the liquid and dis-guarding everything else; resulting in a clear flavoursome broth.

Meanwhile: cook your tuna. Unless you are serving it rare, then wait until the rest of the dish is complete, lightly fry it and add it to serve. In this case i oven backed the tuna. I coated the tuna in hoisin sauce, wrapped it in tin foil and baked it for around 30 minutes, at 180 degrees. I then cut the tuna into small chunks and added them to the broth when it was complete.

Completing the broth: When your broth has simmered and solids dis-guarded, add asparagus , broccoli, red pepper, rice noodles and tuna chunks. Allow to poach until the noodles are cooked. This will result in the asparagus and broccoli keeping a little bite to them.

To Finish: Plate up in a bowl, getting a good mix of each component. Garnish with a small bunch of fresh coriander and freshly grated carrot.

This recipe will easily serve 2-3 people. Try it out yourself.

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