Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, sesame crusted seared ahi tuna salad. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have sesame crusted seared ahi tuna salad using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Sesame Crusted Seared Ahi Tuna Salad:
- Take salad
- Get 4 cup black and white sesame seeds
- Prepare 4 each ahi tuna steaks
- Take 1/2 head nappa cabbage
- Make ready 2 bags Cole slaw mix
- Get 3/4 cup shredded carrots
- Prepare 2 each avocados
- Get 1 each English cucumber
- Make ready ponzu dressing
- Take 3 tbsp ginger grated
- Get 2 cup Light soy Sauce
- Take 4 tbsp sugar
- Make ready 2 tbsp kosher salt
- Take 3 tbsp Siracha hot sauce
- Get 1/2 cup mirin
- Take 1/3 cup lemon juice
- Take 1 1/2 cup sesame oil
This salad was inspired by the flavours of sushi and my favourite fish for sushi is tuna so that is the centre piece of this salad. In a shallow dish, combine the two types of sesame seeds and stir to mix. Season the tuna with salt and pepper and dredge in the sesame seeds, coating the tuna evenly. In a non stick pan, warm the oil until smoking, arrange the tuna in the pan (making sure not to overcrowd) and cook until the white sesame seeds start to turn golden underneath.
Steps to make Sesame Crusted Seared Ahi Tuna Salad:
- Make the dressing first just mix all the ingredients together and then add the oil slowly while whisking to combine let sit to marinate 15 min at least
- Now coat the tuna steaks with the sesame seeds set back into the fridge to let sit while you put the salad part together
- Julienne the nappa cabbage and mix it with the bags of Cole slaw mix cut cucumber into thin slices at a bias and slice the avocados nice and thin
- Now sear off the tuna to med rare like 3 minutes a side in a fry pan with a little bit of oil
- If dressing separated just whisk it and it will come back together then toss the dressing with the cabbage to your preference
- Put a nice mound of the salad in the middle of the plate slice the tuna and place around then the cucumbers top with avocado and carrots.
- Save the left over dressing in a container it holds for just about 2 weeks or longer in fridge
Season the tuna with salt and pepper and dredge in the sesame seeds, coating the tuna evenly. In a searing pan over high heat, warm the oil until smoking. Combine the white and black sesame seeds in a small bowl and set aside. Season all sides of the tuna steaks with a few pinches of salt each and one twist of fresh cracked black pepper on each side. In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks.
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