Welcome to another Food Fight!
Fantastical Food Fight is a group of food bloggers who will get a theme
or ingredient each month and make some sort of variation for it. It
could be traditional or nontraditional and can be found in a cookbook,
on a blog, or be a blogger's own creation! For more details, check out this page.
This month's Fantastical Food Fight theme is
SEAFOOD. I was nervous about this one because your girl only eats canned tuna and that's about it. On occasion, I will eat a couple popcorn shrimp, but otherwise, I just don't eat much seafood. June is National Seafood Month (US food holiday) and I've tried to pick a variety of ingredients or dishes to have for the Food Fight, even if it isn't something I particularly like. I stepped outside of my comfort zone here.
Years ago, Nick ordered blackened ahi tuna steak at a local restaurant and it was truly one of the best things either of us have ever eaten. I knew when I chose seafood that I would attempt to do tuna steak at home. I didn't want to do blackened tuna because I wanted to go super simple for my first try, in case I messed it up. I found this recipe for herbed tuna steaks on Food Network and was incredibly nervous. Tuna steak isn't cheap and I didn't want to make it inedible.
I researched and researched to make sure I did it correctly. My tuna steak was a little over an inch and a half thick so I cooked it slightly longer but I should have stuck with the original cook time. I didn't ruin it by any means, but it wasn't medium rare. I was really excited to able to use some herbs from my Aerogarden too. All-in-all, it was way less scary than I made it out to be and I would definitely buy it and make it again. I made pork chops using the same recipe as the tuna and they were just as delicious.
