Sesame Seared Tuna With Ginger Carrot Dipping Sauce Food

SESAME-CRUSTED TUNA WITH CARROT-GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• In a blender, combine carrot, ginger, scallion whites, vinegar, sesame oil, tamari, 3 tablespoons canola oil, and 1 tablespoon water. Blend until smooth, scraping down sides of blender jar as necessary (add up to 1 tablespoon more water, if necessary, to adjust consistency). Season with salt.
• Place sesame seeds on a rimmed plate. Season tuna steaks with salt, then press both sides of the steaks into seeds to coat.
• Heat remaining tablespoon canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook fish in skillet 1 to 2 minutes per side for medium-rare (if steaks are particularly large, cook them in 2 batches).
• Serve fish topped with sauce and sprinkled with reserved scallion greens.

SESAME SEARED TUNA WITH GINGER-CARROT DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the dipping sauce: Combine mirin, miso, ginger, carrot juice, orange juice, soy sauce, vinegar, red-pepper flakes, and sesame oil in a small bowl, whisking until miso dissolves. Sprinkle with sliced scallion.
• Make the tuna: Combine sesame seeds in a shallow dish. Press tuna pieces into seeds, turning to coat each side. Heat oil in a medium saute pan over medium-high heat. Add tuna, and cook each side until white seeds are golden, about 20 seconds per side. Transfer tuna to a paper-towel-lined plate for 1 minute, then cut each piece into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Serve with dipping sauce.

SOY GLAZED TUNA, WASABI MASHED POTATO, SAKE CARROT GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• For the mashed potatoes: Boil potatoes until fork tender. Drain and whip with remaining ingredients.
• For the sauce: Place all ingredients is a saucepan. Bring to a simmer and cook until carrots are tender. Puree in a food processor, and push through a chinois.
• For the glaze: Heat soy sauce and sugar in a saucepan until sugar is dissolved.
• Assembly: Sear tuna in a hot pan or grill. Place on a plate and glaze. Surround with carrot ginger sauce and serve with mashed potatoes.

CRUNCHY SLAW WITH SEARED TUNA AND HONEY-SESAME-GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix together the red and green cabbage, green onions, cilantro, carrots and bell pepper in a large bowl. Toss to combine.
• Rub the tuna with sunflower oil. Over medium-high heat, heat a large skillet. Add the tuna and cook 3 minutes per side to sear so that it is rare in the center and golden brown on the outside.
• Meanwhile, for the dressing, add the rice wine vinegar, garlic, ginger, toasted sesame oil, soy sauce, sriracha, honey and olive oil to a small bowl. Mix to combine. Drizzle on the salad and toss gently to combine. Plate on a platter.
• Slice the tuna into 1/2-inch slices and top the salad with the tuna. Sprinkle with the cashews, sunflower seeds and Aleppo pepper. Squeeze over a wedge of lime and serve the remaining lime wedges on the side.

SEARED SESAME TUNA

Steps:

• Rub tuna steaks with sesame oil and soy sauce, cover, and return them to the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Pour sesame seeds onto a plate and pat tuna steaks onto seeds to coat evenly.
• Heat an iron skillet (or other heavy-bottomed pan) to medium high, add the salt, and place sesame crusted tuna steaks on top of salt.
• Cook tuna steaks for 2 minutes per side, being careful not to burn the sesame seeds.
• Serve immediaely, garnished with cilantro sprigs, and serve with sauteed snow peas or asparagus.

SESAME SEARED TUNA

Steps:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 paste.

SESAME CRUSTED TUNA WITH JAPANESE DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• The above ingredients can be found in a lot of regular grocery stores. But you will find them in just about any Asian grocery store. There are imitation mirins out there, which are without alcohol they are fine but tend to be sweeter I would use less if buying these.
• Cover one side of tuna completely with sesame seeds and place steaks back in fridge.
• Combine all the other ingredients in a saucepan heat until blended and sugar has dissolved. Leave on low heat to keep warm.
• Heat some olive oil in a fry pan, place Tuna sesame seed side down cook for 4 minutes turn over and cook on the other side for a further 4 minutes. Tuna should be pink in the middle so vary cooking time for how thick the cut is. You can cook it all the way through if preferred, but the tuna will be a lot drier and tough.
• Serve tuna on plate with dipping sauce in separate small serving bowls.
• I served mine with spinach topped with a roasted sesame seed dressing.
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SESAME SEARED TUNA

Steps:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 paste.

GRILLED TUNA WITH GINGER-SESAME SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the sauce. Stir-fry the scallions, ginger and garlic in the sesame oil for one to two minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and pour the sauce into a small bowl. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, preheat the grill. Sprinkle the tuna fish with olive oil on both sides and season with salt and liberal grindings of pepper. Grill the fish for two to three minutes on each side for rare, longer if you wish it more well-done. Serve with the sauce on the side.