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There's a huge difference between canned tuna and fresh seared tuna. Today, we are going to use my easy healthy smoking technique on the stovetop and give the tuna a great flavor. And then by making a teriyaki glaze from scratch, we are going to save over 690 milligrams of sodium. As always, you can find all of our recipes with all of the nutritional information on our website:. Tuna, if you are down on the Gulf Coast, is everywhere. This is a great local seafood to Mississippi. One of the things that I really love about tuna is as I've matured, I've learned you don't want to over cook it. So tuna now is a dish where most people will sear it and keep it rare in the middle. What we are going to do today will add a smoky flavor and do it naturally and simply on your stovetop. So watch this. We are going to take this beautiful tuna fillet. This is a normal roasting pan, not a fancy smoker. This is something you can pick up at any superstore. We are going to put the tuna on the grill that is inside and we are putting it away from where we are going to heat. On the side where we are going to heat, I have in here some hickory chips. I have soaked them in a little bit of water. We are going to lay them on the bottom and place that end directly over the heat. The grill is right underneath the chips. The tuna, on the other hand, is all the way to the other side because we are really hoping to accomplish is that this will smoke the tuna without cooking it. We don't want to overcook it. So how long is this process? Six minutes. We are going to start off with that heat on high to get the smoke going. Then I'm going to turn the heat down so we don't smoke out the whole studio. Tuna is a beautiful fish if you eat it on the rarer side. We're going to try to convince you that is the way to go. Along with tuna, you got to have some wonderful side dishes. To me, what we're going to start off with is my all-time favorite. It's a homemade teriyaki glaze. Why homemade? It takes almost all of the sodium out of the sauce. Anyone who takes a really good look at what you have in a store-bought teriyaki sauce, sodium is extremely high. We are going to start off on a burner in front. We are going to take about half of our sesame oil. We are going to save a little for when we go to sear the tuna so we've got about a half a teaspoon. You can get sesame oil at almost any goods store. That sesame oil is going to go in the pan. We are going to add in fresh chopped garlic. While that is getting ready and getting hot, we are going to add in- now this is up to you. I'm thinking a pinch of crushed red pepper. Now I'm going to add another pinch. Ah, I'm going to add another pinch! I like it little spicy and this is a great blending of flavors that you are going to get in this teriyaki sauce. I will put that on the side. We will add the citrus. Now, I want to take note. I can see some smoke coming out around the edges of the dome so it is time to turn that down a hair. We are going about six minutes on this. Six minutes only, that is all that is all it is going to take. It's going to have a great smoky flavor. Here we need a little fresh grated lemon peel. About a half teaspoon to a teaspoon. All we do is just kind of take that off, put it into the bowl. Now we are going to do the same with our orange. This is a great orange. These oranges I was able to get at the farmers market. You are going to see, they are blood oranges inside. They have a great amount of juice. We have the right amount of peel in there. Now we want some of the lemon juice. This is a lot to try and remember. You can go to our website: Now check this out. This is where you really see the benefit. Look at the incredible color of a beautiful blood orange. This was at a local farmers market. Look at that juice. Beautiful amount of juice. Let's toss our garlic. Get the rest of this juice. I'm trying to be careful. I didn't let any seeds get in there. That's the perfect amount. We add it right into the pan. You are going to notice it quickly comes up to temperature. Now we are going to add in the only salt which is a low-sodium soy sauce. That's the only salt you will see in this entire recipe. We will add in some beautiful organic local Mississippi honey. Honey has wonderful healing qualities. It's a beautiful way to thicken the sauce. It's a natural way to add sugars and that is what's important. Remember, we want to keep this as healthy as possible. That dish is very hot and you can see at this point we are going to add in some sesame seeds. It gives it kind of a nutty flavor and it's part of our dipping sauce and our teriyaki glaze. Unbelievable, the smell of this. We are going to turn the heat down to low and add in, it looks like ketchup. It is. It is a teaspoon of ketchup. We are going to let that sauce meld and sit on its own. When we do, you are going to see it has a great flavor. Let's pull that to the back. I'm going to start another pan because down the road, I've got a surprise for you and it's going to be something you may not have ever seen. It's going to be our side dish that we are going to use. I think you might really enjoy it. So we have our teriyaki glaze done. Let's take a look. Here's the trick. We are turning the heat off. You are going to have one tuft of smoke come out of this. So when we do this, we want to be sure that you've got it underneath your exhaust fan in your kitchen. So let's go ahead and in one quick- That was simple and I'm going to tell you it added that smoky quality. Oh, I can get the aroma of those hickory chips on that tuna right now. We will stage this tuna in the center right now and use it at the point in time we are ready to sear it at the tail end of our meal. I am now going to make a homemade wasabi aioli. This is something really different. It's got great flavors and there are probably a lot of you out there who have never seen wasabi as a dry amount of powder. Wasabi powder you can buy at most Asian superstores, any kind of Asian organization is going to have wasabi because it goes hand in hand with any form of sushi. This tuna is almost a grade of sushi in and of itself. We are going to take a little bit of our wasabi. We are going to mix it in. What am I using? It looks like mayonnaise. It isn't. This is actually strained Greek yogurt. It's a much healthier, zero fat, zero calories. This is a nice healthy way to enjoy it rather than using mayonnaise. We are going to stir that wasabi in and it will, as we place it in, start coloring the sauce green as it hydrates that wasabi powder. We are going to add a little touch, about a half a teaspoon, of garlic powder. No one is expecting you to remember all of these recipes. Go to our website: We are going to add a little sugar substitute just add a little bit of sweetness. I tell you what, if that wasn't easy, I don't know what is. That is the perfect consistency that we are looking for in a beautiful light wasabi aioli. We are going to hold that on the side, clear our workspace. I said we have a lot going on here, and I meant it. So what do we do next? Obviously we are going to sear our tuna. But, we are not going to do that just yet because I have a surprise, like I said. Take a look at this. I bet that there are people out there who have never seen all whole turnip root with greens attached. There's only one place I know of you can get this beautiful turnip green and that's at a farmers market. The difference of buying it there, it is fresher, no pesticides, you actually have the root attached and I love turnip greens. A lot of people when they cook turnip greens, they do them for maybe an hour or two and they cook them to the point where it's almost like a spinach stew. That's not the way I like to cook it. I'm going to show you a whole different way of cooking turnip greens. It gives the freshness of the green a chance to come through as opposed to cooking it to the point where it might as well be spinach because you can't really tell. We are going to sear some of the turnip root itself. We are going to cut off a piece of the turnip root that we are going to cook. I might get a couple of them. There is a great trick in searing these and they become a wonderful addition to the overall cooking of the green. I've taken the liberty on the side bringing off some of the green leaves. I've got a nice portion there. We will move this back underneath. But again, if you have never seen that whole turnip green, try to find it at your farmers market. When I'm cooking dinner parties and I pull that out, it is a showstopper. Everybody says what is that. That's a real turnip green. Those of you who of grown it, you're probably laughing. But the ones who have not, there are many of those. All we are going to do on this right now is slice that turnip into little slivers. This is going to become a great part of what we are cooking into these turnip greens. Some people might call them a bitter green. Turnip greens are a bitter green. These we are going to cook a little smaller and as we get them in these nice shapes, you will find it is a great addition to the whole dish. What else are we going to put in here? I just happen to have them all right here. Some diced onion, a little bit of cooked, dried and drained bacon so that you got a nice healthy bacon. For color, some diced red bell pepper. And remember, sometimes red bell pepper is seasonal. But when you can get it, I love using it because it has great flavor and it adds a nice color to the dish as well. We are going to add a little bit of oil. On this, we are talking no more than a half teaspoon. We are keeping the fat content on this extremely low. The first thing that has to go in our the turnip roots themselves because they take the longest to cook. Let's throw those in along with our onion. Onion is great when you cook it and it browns because it has an aromatic quality. I love it. And of course it wouldn't be me if it didn't have a little bit of garlic. Anybody who has ever been to one of my dinner parties knows it is like my calling card. I just love it. We will let that sear. Take a little cracked pepper. Put that cracked pepper right on top. Now we will add that cooked, diced, drained bacon because we want to get the flavor of that bacon into all of these other vegetables that are in the pan. Almost as if you cooked with bacon, but this way there is virtually no bacon fat so it is a much healthier approach. As that is cooking, we are going to kick the heat back up. Going to add in half of our red roasted because I want to use the rest as a garnish later. Always try and think about presentation when you are cooking. If you have any question as to how to toss a skillet like that, practiced doing it with a piece of toast. We are into a whole other recipe here so don't forget our website: You can get all of these recipes there. Now we are going to have some fun. Going to move everything in this pan over to the side so that we are searing this turnip green in the pan and then toss all of the beautiful veggies right on top because when I go to toss it over, it is going to be a beautiful seared turnip green as opposed to something that is cooked for hours. I love doing them this way. It has a great flavor. Let's go ahead and get our teriyaki glaze ready on the side. I love this glaze. I wish you could get the aroma that I'm getting right now. It's incredible. Let's do the same with our wasabi aioli. Nice little dollop on the side and you can save it for future use. There's quite a bit of it. You're wondering where we are on the bitter greens. Watch this. Take them and turn them almost like it was a pancake. It crisps on all sides. It's incredible this way. When those come to little bit more, I want them to be blanched, we are going to pull those. Let's go ahead and get our plate ready that we are going to use. Do a little bit of housecleaning here. At this point, we can take those bitter greens. I love them like this. Turn them over and you can see it looks like a green pancake. Is that not incredible? Take everything else, place it over on the side. I like to see the green. I always try and leave a little color contrast when you are plating. And then we are going to garnish with some fresh chopped red bell pepper so you got a pretty contrast of color there. Now what about the tuna? We are ready. Hot pan. The challenge is you want to sear the tuna, but you do not want to overcook it. And then when we get it off, what I'm going to do is take it and slice it and fan it across the plate so you can see how nice and rare it is. But prior to doing that, we are going to take a little cracked pepper and we are going to coat the side with a little cracked pepper. Why? Obviously for flavor, but it helps keep it from sticking when you go to put it in the pan. You don't want your fish to fall apart in your pan. All we've got on the edge of this is the smokiness that we smoked in, we are getting the pan hot because we want to sear it in a hot pan. You have two things here that are going to make smoke. Obviously the smoking process. Searing the tuna. If you remember back to the beginning I said we are going to save a little bit of our sesame oil. You have to sear tuna to give it that Asian flavor in sesame oil. We are not going to use much of it. We really are not. So let's go ahead, put about half a teaspoon. And now, are you ready? Whoo! You can see it definitely creates a little smoke when it hits the pan. How are you going to finish that in time? This is the amazing part about great seared tuna. It takes about a minute a side. If you cook it more than that, all you're doing is cooking out the flavor. There is such a big difference between canned tuna and seared tuna. All the nutritional value is in this raw piece of tuna. If you cook it too much, you are actually cooking out all of that flavor. So don't do that. Get in the habit of cooking it less than you would expect. That's the one thing I'm hoping to come away with this. As that pan is smoking, you can see it is seared. We are going to turn it one more time. Just a touch of that oil on top. It does make that bit of smoke so be careful in your house when you are having dinner parties. Make sure everybody knows. All of these details you can get at our website: You will be able to get all of this great food. Believe it or not, guys, here is what we are going to do. We are going to turn the heat off. I like to let it sit for a second. We are going to take our time. Here's the trick. If you're going to have a good presentation on tuna, the one thing you want to do is slice it very carefully. You notice I keep one good sharp knife that I use specifically on seafood when I want to slice it. Now let's take a look and see where we are on this. Oh yeah. Nice and rare. That is a medium rare. That is exactly what I would call a medium rare where you've got a nice white crusty edge and it's still nice and fresh red tuna in the middle. I had a dinner party one night and I was cooking it and one of my friends walked up and he saw the tuna coming out. I was serving it medium rare, of course. He looked at me and said, "That's not tuna!" I asked what he meant. He said tuna is white! What a shame. Obviously the only thing he'd ever tried was canned tuna. So my suggestion to you, what I'm urging you to try to get some tuna and cook it this way on the rare side and try it. It has so much more nutritional value. It has so much more flavor. And I love it. Let's go ahead because we still have to get all of this plated. I'm slicing it carefully so that we don't break these pieces up. You hear me harp on that, but presentation is a huge part of any cuisine, but especially when you're cooking an Asian style of food. The ends are the trickiest. They are the most cooked. I pull that piece off to the side. Now we are going to set that on the bottom, the pieces that we can't really fan out. Then we want to take our time and make it look so pretty. Presentation is everything. So take your time and get that tuna on the plate so that when it goes in front of your guests, they are blown away by the beauty of the dish. Those are the kind of comments I love to hear. It's actually why I love doing what I'm doing because I think it makes it fun when people really see the value in taking your time with cooking things properly. Now we have this one last piece we will set in the center. You think that's it, but it's really not. We still have our sauces. So what do I do on this? I've got a little extra piece here. This is probably cooked a little bit more well done. We're going to keep that on the side for the person who might want it a little more well done. But I'm going to move this in the center and show you my trick. We take a little bit of the wasabi aioli. I just put a little dollop at the base of each of the little pieces of tuna. Remember, this is yogurt, not mayonnaise. It's healthy. It's got flavor. I can smell the wasabi. It's awesome. Now the fun part: the teriyaki glaze. Don't cover all of the tuna. You want to be able to see how nice and rare it is. I tell you what, that truly is a beautiful dish. It's healthy. And remember, you can find all of my recipes with the nutritional information on our website: I'm Chef Rob Stinson. Thanks for watching Fit to Eat. Here's another great recipe. Enjoy it. 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