Recipe

Sesame Tuna with Soy Miso Dressing

Name: Sesame Tuna with Soy Miso Dressing
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 11 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: ¼ cup soy sauce; 2 tablespoons sesame oil; 1 tablespoon mirin (Japanese sweet wine); 1 tablespoon honey; 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar; ½ cup sesame seeds; 4 (6 ounce) tuna steaks; 1 tablespoon olive oil; wasabi paste

This sesame-seared tuna is an easy, great-tasting dish. Fresh tuna steaks are coated with sesame seeds, then quickly seared and served rare, so be sure to use good quality fresh tuna.

Prep 10mCook 1mTotal 11mServes 4

Ingredients

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Instructions

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.

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