Tuna Steak with a sweet chilli sauce

Name: Tuna Steak with a sweet chilli sauce
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 medium tuna steak; 1 lambs lettuce; 1 cherry tomatoes; 1 cucumber, sliced; 150 grams skinned peanuts; 1 tsp dried chilli flakes; 1 salt; 1 small handful chopped coriander leaves; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 dash fish sauce; 2 red chillies deseeded, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced; 1 pinch salt; 1 tbsp caster sugar; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tbsp rice vinegar; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 handful chopped coriander leaves; 1 juice of 1 lime; 3 spring onions trimmed and chopped

baztardos @cook_3108107

a very nice light meal bursting with flavour

baztardos @cook_3108107

a very nice light meal bursting with flavour

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Ingredients

30 mins

4 servings

4 mediumtuna steak
1lambs lettuce
1cherry tomatoes
1cucumber, sliced
The Crust
150 gramsskinned peanuts
1 tspdried chilli flakes
1salt
1 smallhandful chopped coriander leaves
2eggs, beaten
1 dashfish sauce
Sweet Chill Sauce
2red chillies deseeded, finely chopped
2garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
1 pinchsalt
1 tbspcaster sugar
2 tbspfish sauce
1 tbsprice vinegar
3 tbspolive oil
1handful chopped coriander leaves
1juice of 1 lime
3spring onions trimmed and chopped

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Steps

30 mins

1

make sweet chilli sauce first
2

place chillies, garlic, salt and sugar in a mortar and pound until smooth
3

add fish sauce, rice vinegar and olive oil and mix well
4

stir in the spring onions, coriander and lime juice
5

pour into serving bowl
6

MAKE THE CRUST
7

put peanuts and chilli flakes with a pinch of salt into a mortar and pound until they look finely chopped
8

mix in the corriander
9

scatter onto a plate
10

place beaten eggs into shallow bowl and season with a dash of fish oil and pinch of salt
11

dip one side of fish into the egg and shake of excess
12

then dip into peanut mix
13

repeat for each steak
14

add a little oil to a hot frying pan and fry the steaks crust side down for 2-3minutes or until crust is golden
15

turn and cook for further 2-3minutes
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remove from heat
17

slice steaks diagonally into 3
18

layer plate with lambs lettuce, cucumber and cherry tomatoes
19

lay the slice tuna steak on top of the salad
20

drizzle over the sweet chilli sauce