PAN-SEARED TUNA WITH MANDARIN ORANGE PICO DE GALLO RECIPE

Pan-Seared Tuna with Mandarin Orange Pico de Gallo Recipe image

Provided by TerrySirignano

Number Of Ingredients 12

Vegetable oil spray
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon brown sugar, firmly packed
1 11-ounce can mandarin oranges, drained
1/3 cup chopped avocado
1/3 cup chopped tomato
1 tablespoon lime juice
1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 tuna steaks (about 1 pound total)
Paprika for garnish

Steps:

Coat a medium saucepan with vegetable oil. Place over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in vinegar, brown sugar and pepper flakes. Cook until the sugar dissolves, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients except tuna and set aside. Coat a large skillet with vegetable oil and place over medium-high heat. Add tuna to hot skillet and sear for about 2 minutes per side. Cut each tuna steak in half to make 4 portions. Slice into half-inch strips and arrange "fanned" over Pico de Gallo sauce mounded in center of the plate. Garnish with paprika around rim of the plate.