Sesame seared tuna

Ingredients

• Soy sauce

  Low sodium, Shoyu

  ¼ cup or 64g

• Sesame oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

• Balsamic vinegar

  1 tbsp or 16g

• Sesame seeds

  Seeds, whole, roasted and toasted

  ½ oz or 14g

• Tomato paste

  Canned, without salt added

  1 tbsp or 16g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Sake

  Alcoholic beverage, made from rice

  1 tbsp or 15g

• Honey

  1 tbsp or 21g

• Tuna

  Fish, fresh, bluefin, raw

  12 oz or 340g

• Wasabi paste

  1 tbsp or 15g

• Soy sauce

  Made from soy (tamari)

  1 tbsp or 18g

Directions

1. For 3 oz fillets, recipe makes 4 fillets. In a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, mirin, honey and sesame oil. Divide into two equal parts. Stir the rice vinegar into one part and set aside as a dipping sauce.
2. Spread the sesame seeds out on a plate. Coat the tuna steaks with the remaining soy sauce mixture, then press into the sesame seeds to coat.
3. Heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet over high heat until very hot. Place steaks in the pan, and sear for about 30 seconds on each side. Serve with the dipping sauce and wasabi past.

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