Orange-Sesame Braised Shark - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. toasted sesame seed, ground
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
cayenne pepper to taste
2 shark steaks (about 1 lb. each)
1 Tbsp. peanut oil
1 onion, chopped
1 Tbsp. finely chopped ginger root
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 c. orange juice
2 Tbsp. low-sodium soy sauce
1/2 c. water
1 Tbsp. dry sherry
1 tsp. dark sesame oil
salt and black pepper to taste

Preparation

In a small pie plate, mix sesame seed with cornstarch and cayenne pepper.
Dredge shark steaks in this mixture.
Set steaks aside and reserve 1 tablespoon of sesame-cornstarch mixture.
Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a large non-stick skillet.
Brown the steaks in the hot oil on both sides.
Remove from pan and reserve.
Add the onion to the oil in the pan, lower heat to medium-low and cook until onion browns lightly, about 5 minutes. Add ginger and garlic; cook another minute.
Add orange juice and soy sauce.
Heat to a simmer.
Return the shark steaks to the pan, cover and simmer for 8 minutes.
While shark is cooking, mix 1 tablespoon of remaining sesame-cornstarch mixture with the water. When shark is cooked, remove to a warm plate and heat the sauce in the pan to a boil.
Stir in the cornstarch mixture and stir until sauce thickens, about 10 seconds.
Remove from heat, stir in sherry, sesame oil, salt and pepper.
Pour over fish.
Makes 4 servings.