Seared Ahi Tuna with Shiitake Mushroom cream sauce

Decided last minute to prepare lunch for road bikers - Raf, Timo, L'Erhan, and Dave. Timo felt like Ahi tuna. I've never made it before so I figured it would be a good time to experiment. I went to Trader Joe's (LOVE that place) but surprisingly they didn't have any fresh ahi tuna in stock. Plus the one package they had was disgustingly old... AND expensive! I had all my ingredients already except for the ahi tuna. What was I going to do?!?!

COSTCO, baby! hahaha. The Costco in Mountain View is less crowded and has a wide selection of fish, meat, and cheese. It's really cool! So off to Costco I went.

Big-ass tuna steaks. Just with s&p.


The rest of the ingredients for the sauce. Garlic, green onion, shiitake mushrooms, lime, ginger, soy sauce, cream, milk.


Voila !


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I served it with a salad with mandarin oranges and a citrus vinaigrette. I didn't have time to make my own vinaigrette so I bought this from Trader Joe's. I didn't like the dressing too much. Such a big difference between fresh salad dressing and packaged.

I also made Crescent Rolls by Pillsbury. I made two packages - that is 16 rolls. Those are so fucking good!!!



The thing I messed up on was the presentation and temperature of the fish. I was afraid of cooking the fish too long - overcooked fish sucks. Also, I wish that I had sliced the ahi tuna. It still bugs me to this day that I didn't slice it. It will probably bug me forever until I make this dish again and slice it. hah! Also, the portions I served were way too big. I figured fish would be lighter, but with the sauce, I think serving half the portions would have been enough.

Overall, my timing is getting better, but I really need to work on temperature, portions, and presentation. Oh ~ the sauce was fabulous. I think we all enjoyed it! I always drench my food with sauce - I kept spooning more and more onto the fish. Yummy.

Oh yes ~ I also made lemon cake... and after eating our big plates, some cheese and wine, the lemon cake was gobbled up in one day! That stuff is addicting. =)