Grilled Tuna Teriyaki

I do not like cooking meat.  I chronically over cook it.  I am uncomfortable working with it.  I am always worried that it is not clean enough (although I am not like the "real housewife" that cleaned a chicken with dish soap).  It is expensive.  

I have dreams of being offshore with the family and reeling in a large tuna for dinner (and beyond).  I am romanced by the idea of hunting/gathering our own food.  

Then there is reality:  I would have no idea about what to do with a fish.  How to fillet it.  How to turn it into something edible... maybe even yummy.  

I suppose now is a better time than ever to start practicing.  I will hold off on my ambition to learn how to fillet a fish, and start with figuring out how to cook one:  

The following is a well reviewed recipe from the AllRecipes website: 

Grilled Tuna Teriyaki:

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine
• 1 large clove garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
• 2 tuna steaks (about 3/4 inch thick)
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Directions

1. In a shallow dish, stir together soy sauce, rice wine, garlic, and ginger. Place tuna in the marinade, and turn to coat. Cover, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
2. Preheat grill for medium-high heat.
3. Remove tuna from marinade, and discard remaining liquid. Brush both sides of steaks with oil.
4. Cook tuna for approximately for 3 to 6 minutes per side, or to desired doneness.

I was pleased with the flavor of the fish/marinade.  However, I (( GASP )) undercooked the fish... ugh (there goes $10!!... I am cheap). 

Finished Product (served with pasta, sauteed mushrooms and Parmesan)

 

 

We nibbled around the edges and fed the rest to Buddy.

He thought it was good. 

I am pretty sure it was me that was the problem - not the recipe. 

Red Rock Crab - our first scavenging experience

I purchased my crabbing license last week for $17.  I dropped my husband's collapsible crab pot off the dock on the off chance that I could be successful. 

We caught three red rock crabs (supposedly as tasty as dungeness... I am not sure I would go that far).  After watching numerous videos on YouTube about how to kill/clean crabs we went for it with success.  We choose to pressure cook them to minimize shell fish odor.  

It was a good learning experience and the finished product was decent.  However, when I drop the pot again, I am going to hold off for a nice large dungeness.  The meat of the Red Rock crab was decent but the crab itself is much smaller than dungeness and it was far too much work to get the meat from the shell.  Despite my best effort, there ended up being a lot of shell in the meat.  Lesson learned.