Grilled Tuna with Wasabi, Sake, and Lime

Name: Grilled Tuna with Wasabi, Sake, and Lime
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons sake; 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice; 4 pieces yellowfin tuna fillet, about 6 ounces each and ¾ to 1 inch thick; 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened; Olive oil for brushing the fish; 1 tablespoon sake; 1 tablespoon wasabi powder; 1 teaspoon grated lime zest; Salt and freshly ground pepper; 2 tablespoons mild olive oil; 1 tablespoon soy sauce

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

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By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1992

About

The Japanese have a knack with fish. Techniques are simple, sauces clean and vibrant. Here is one that takes moments to put together, and moments to consume, happily. Serve with rice and snap peas, spinach, or Japanese eggplant.

Ingredients

Marinade

2 tablespoons sake
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1

Asia
Japan
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Procedure

For the marinade, combine all the ingredients in a shallow nonaluminum container. Turn the tuna fillets in the marinade and let stand about 30 minutes.

For the wasabi butter, mix the wasabi with the sake to make a paste. Let rest 20 minutes and then beat the paste into the softened butter (see note). Season with salt and p