Sesame Seared Tuna Recipe

I’m not always super enthusiastic about meals that have me spending a lot of time at a hot oven, or stove. The beauty of this Sesame Seared Tuna Recipe, is that it’s super quick and only requires heat briefly! It’s one of our families absolute favorite meals- and takes virtually no time to prepare!

Sesame Seared Tuna Recipe

 Ingredients for Sesame Tuna

• (2) Thickly cut Ahi sushi grade Tuna steaks. (Tip: You can ask your seafood grocer to cut you a piece fresh from the whole fish they have in the back, rather than taking a pre-cut piece of tuna that may be looking sad on ice in their case.)
• Canola or sesame oil
• Black Sesame seeds
• A bed of greens

 

 

Instructions for Sesame Tuna

1. (optional) Marinate your Tuna steaks in sesame oil and soy sauce for a few hours ahead of searing
2. heat a frying pan to high heat
3. spread black sesame seeds on a plate
4. put tuna in the sesame seeds and coat all sides of the tuna, add more or less sesame seeds to your taste
5. Add a drip of canola oil in hot pan. Then place tuna steak in, and leave until you see the cooked tuna get about 1/3rd of the way up the fillet. (2 or 3 minutes)
6.  flip tuna and let sear for another 2-3 minutes, or until there is more cooked tuna than pink in the middle of the fillet, as seen above.
7. turn tuna onto pan to sear rest of sides (about 10 seconds each)
8. Slice Tuna on the bias:)

How to make the Sesame dipping sauce/dressing

• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon mirin (Japanese sweet wine)
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 2tablespoon rice wine vinegar

Mix together and drizzle over tuna or use as a side dipping sauce!

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