Recipe: Perfect Sesame Crusted Seared Ahi Tuna Salad

Name: Recipe: Perfect Sesame Crusted Seared Ahi Tuna Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: salad; 4 cupblack and white sesame seeds; 4each ahi tuna steaks; 1/2 headnappa cabbage; 2 bagsCole slaw mix; 3/4 cupshredded carrots; 2each avocados; 1each English cucumber; ponzu dressing; 3 tbspginger grated; 2 cupLight soy Sauce; 4 tbspsugar; 2 tbspkosher salt; 3 tbspSiracha hot sauce; 1/2 cupmirin; 1/3 cuplemon juice; 1 1/2 cupsesame oil

Lucille Harris

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Sesame Crusted Seared Ahi Tuna Salad. Shout out to my mom for filming! You can find the recipe and steps to follow by clicking on the link. A sushi themed salad with seared sesame crusted ahi tuna and a wasabi vinaigrette.

Nothing is easier and more delicious than sesame-crusted ahi tuna that has been lightly seared and served rare with Otherwise, you end up with the stuff they use for tuna fish salad.

We enjoyed this meal of super fresh seared ahi tuna and all of the fixings.

I could certainly go for this meal every week!

You can cook Sesame Crusted Seared Ahi Tuna Salad using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sesame Crusted Seared Ahi Tuna Salad

Prepare of salad.
It’s 4 cup of black and white sesame seeds.
It’s 4 of each ahi tuna steaks.
It’s 1/2 head of nappa cabbage.
It’s 2 bags of Cole slaw mix.
It’s 3/4 cup of shredded carrots.
It’s 2 of each avocados.
You need 1 of each English cucumber.
You need of ponzu dressing.
Prepare 3 tbsp of ginger grated.
You need 2 cup of Light soy Sauce.
Prepare 4 tbsp of sugar.
Prepare 2 tbsp of kosher salt.
Prepare 3 tbsp of Siracha hot sauce.
It’s 1/2 cup of mirin.
Prepare 1/3 cup of lemon juice.
It’s 1 1/2 cup of sesame oil.

Easy, great tasting tuna coated with sesame seeds, and quickly seared.

This tuna is served rare, so be sure to use a good quality fresh tuna.

I thawed frozen Ahi from Costco.

Don't have iron skillet - used non-stick.

Sesame Crusted Seared Ahi Tuna Salad instructions

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.

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This dish was inspired by a seared tuna salad I recently enjoyed with my friend Michelle Patterson at a lovely restaurant called emulstir by chef'n available at Williams Sonoma.