Serves: 4
INGREDIENTS
- 2 - 1lb tuna steaks
- 1/3 cup crushed black peppercorns
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 1 pinch chili pepper flakes
- Jalapeno Corn Pancakes (recipe below)
- Wasabi Aioli (recipe below)
DIRECTIONS
- Heat your grill to high.
- Mix the pepper, salt and chili pepper flakes in a bowl.
- Coat both sides of the tuna steaks with the pepper mixture.
- Place the pepper encrusted tuna steaks on the side of the grill so that they are away from the main heat.
- Grill the steaks for 2 minutes, and then turn them over and grill on the other side for two minutes. If needed, you can flip them once more and grill for an additional minute.
- On a cutting board slice the tuna steaks into approximately 1 inch pieces and serve it on top of the Jalapeno Corn Cakes with the Wasabi Aioli on the side.
Jalapeno Corn Pancakes
Serves: 4
INGREDIENTS
- 3 ears of corn
- 2 cups pancake batter
- 3 tablespoons jalapenos, chopped
- 3 tablespoons scallions, chopped
- 1 tablespoon chives, finely chopped
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- 1 pinch kosher salt
DIRECTIONS
- In a large pot, boil the corn for 3 minutes.
- When done, cut the kernels off of the cob and place them in a large bowl.
- Add the pancake batter, jalapenos, scallions, chives, cayenne and salt and blend together well.
- Place a small amount of corn oil onto a clean paper towel and rub it onto a nonstick pan.
- Heat the pan over a medium flame.
- Place a full soup spoon portion of batter for each pancake into the hot pan.
- Cook the pancakes for 2 minutes on each side.
- Repeat until you have used all of the pancake batter.
Wasabi Aioli
Serves: 4
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 teaspoon wasabi paste
DIRECTIONS
- Mix all of the ingredients in a bowl very well until the mixture is smooth and has turned a pale green.
