Seared Sesame Tuna with Orange Sauce

Dairy Free
Very Healthy
Health score
100%
Seared Sesame Tuna with Orange Sauce
45 min.
4
460kcal

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Ingredients

  • 24 ounce bluefin tuna steaks ( 3/)
  • 0.3 teaspoon pepper black
  • 0.5 teaspoon bottled garlic minced
  • 0.5 teaspoon bottled ginger fresh minced
  • teaspoons cornstarch 
  • 0.7 cup couscous uncooked
  • teaspoon sesame oil dark
  • tablespoon flour all-purpose
  • tablespoon honey 
  • tablespoon soya sauce low-sodium
  • 0.5 cup orange juice fresh ( 2 oranges)
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt divided
  • 0.3 cup sesame seed 
  • cup water 
  • tablespoon water 

Equipment

  • frying pan
  • sauce pan
  • whisk

Directions

  1. Bring 1 cup water and 1/4 teaspoon salt to a boil in a medium saucepan; gradually stir in couscous.
  2. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
  3. While the couscous stands, heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat.
  4. Combine the sesame seeds, flour, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, and black pepper. Dredge both sides of tuna steaks in the sesame seed mixture.
  5. Add the fish to pan, and cook 4 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness.
  6. Remove the fish from pan, and keep warm.
  7. While the fish cooks, combine the orange juice and the next 5 ingredients (orange juice through garlic) in a small saucepan, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
  8. Combine 1 tablespoon water and cornstarch, stirring with a whisk until smooth.
  9. Add the cornstarch mixture to the pan, and cook for 2 minutes or until the sauce is thickened, stirring frequently.
  10. Serve the fish with the couscous and sauce.

Nutrition Facts

Calories460kcal
Protein40.58%
Fat28.42%
Carbs31%

Properties

Glycemic Index
89.07
Glycemic Load
18.98
Inflammation Score
-10
Nutrition Score
35.508695649064%

Flavonoids

Eriodictyol
0.05mg
Hesperetin
3.7mg
Naringenin
0.66mg
Myricetin
0.03mg
Quercetin
0.09mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:460.48kcal
23.02%
Fat:14.28g
21.97%
Saturated Fat:2.98g
18.63%
Carbohydrates:35.04g
11.68%
Net Carbohydrates:32.27g
11.74%
Sugar:6.99g
7.76%
Cholesterol:64.64mg
21.55%
Sodium:508.94mg
22.13%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:45.88g
91.76%
Vitamin B12:16.04µg
267.34%
Selenium:66.17µg
94.52%
Vitamin B3:16.45mg
82.23%
Vitamin A:3776.8IU
75.54%
Vitamin D:9.7µg
64.64%
Phosphorus:555.67mg
55.57%
Vitamin B6:0.91mg
45.49%
Vitamin B1:0.58mg
38.46%
Magnesium:138.63mg
34.66%
Copper:0.64mg
31.81%
Vitamin B2:0.5mg
29.64%
Manganese:0.55mg
27.42%
Vitamin B5:2.25mg
22.46%
Iron:3.67mg
20.38%
Vitamin C:15.75mg
19.09%
Potassium:608.05mg
17.37%
Zinc:2.08mg
13.84%
Calcium:121.01mg
12.1%
Vitamin E:1.77mg
11.81%
Fiber:2.77g
11.06%
Folate:32.97µg
8.24%
Source:My Recipes