I am an inexperienced seafood cook, so I love ordering this dish when I go out to dinner.
Thought I'd give it a try myself tonight and I'm tickled pink! Delicious!
Got a small, frozen yellow fin tuna. Thawed it and made this ATK recipe, with the Ginger-Soy sauce and wasabi sauce.
Fantastic!
Lee
Pan-Seared Sesame Crusted Tuna Steaks (ATK)
¾ cup sesame seeds
4 tuna steaks, 8 ounces each and about 1 inch thick
2 tablespoons
vegetable oil
Salt and ground black pepper
Serve with Ginger-Soy Sauce with Scallions if desired.
INSTRUCTIONS
Pat tuna steaks dry with paper towel; use 1 tablespoon oil to rub both sides of steaks, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Press both sides of each steak with sesame seeds to coat.
Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat until just beginning to smoke; swirl to coat pan. Add tuna steaks and cook 30 seconds without moving steaks. Reduce heat to medium-high; continue to cook until seeds are golden brown, about 1 1/2 minutes. Using tongs, carefully flip tuna steaks; cook, without moving steaks, until golden brown on second side, about 1 1/2 minutes for rare (opaque at perimeters and translucent red and cool at center when checked with tip of paring knife) or 3 minutes for medium-rare (opaque at perimeters and reddish pink at center).
Ginger-Soy Sauce with Scallions
¼ cup
soy sauce
¼ cup rice vinegar
¼ cup water
2 ½ teaspoons sugar
1 medium scallion, sliced thin
2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
1 ½ teaspoons toasted sesame oil
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
Thought I'd give it a try myself tonight and I'm tickled pink! Delicious!
Got a small, frozen yellow fin tuna. Thawed it and made this ATK recipe, with the Ginger-Soy sauce and wasabi sauce.
Fantastic!
Lee
Pan-Seared Sesame Crusted Tuna Steaks (ATK)
¾ cup sesame seeds
4 tuna steaks, 8 ounces each and about 1 inch thick
2 tablespoons
vegetable oil
Salt and ground black pepper
Serve with Ginger-Soy Sauce with Scallions if desired.
INSTRUCTIONS
Pat tuna steaks dry with paper towel; use 1 tablespoon oil to rub both sides of steaks, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Press both sides of each steak with sesame seeds to coat.
Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat until just beginning to smoke; swirl to coat pan. Add tuna steaks and cook 30 seconds without moving steaks. Reduce heat to medium-high; continue to cook until seeds are golden brown, about 1 1/2 minutes. Using tongs, carefully flip tuna steaks; cook, without moving steaks, until golden brown on second side, about 1 1/2 minutes for rare (opaque at perimeters and translucent red and cool at center when checked with tip of paring knife) or 3 minutes for medium-rare (opaque at perimeters and reddish pink at center).
Ginger-Soy Sauce with Scallions
¼ cup
soy sauce
¼ cup rice vinegar
¼ cup water
2 ½ teaspoons sugar
1 medium scallion, sliced thin
2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
1 ½ teaspoons toasted sesame oil
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes