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Sesame-Seared Tuna

This sesame-seared tuna is made in less than 15 minutes. It's an easy recipe for seared tuna with a sesame seed crust, served with a honey soy sauce.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 minute
Total Time 11 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Japanese
Calories: 422
Ingredients Method Nutrition

Ingredients
  

Ingredients
  • 0.25 cup soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon mirin Japanese sweet wine
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 0.5 cup sesame seeds
  • 4 6 ounce tuna steaks
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • wasabi paste

Method
 

  1. Gather all ingredients.
  2. Stir together soy sauce, sesame oil, mirin, and honey in a small bowl.
  3. Pour half into a separate small bowl, stir in rice wine vinegar, and set it aside as a dipping sauce.
  4. Spread sesame seeds out on a plate. Coat tuna steaks with remaining soy sauce mixture, then press into sesame seeds to coat.
  5. Heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet over high heat until very hot. Place steaks in the pan; sear for about 30 seconds on each side.
  6. Serve with dipping sauce and wasabi paste.

Nutrition

Calories: 422kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 44gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 77mgSodium: 1046mgFiber: 2gSugar: 6g

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