Name: Sesame-Seared Tuna
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 11 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 0.25 cup soy sauce; 2 tablespoons sesame oil; 1 tablespoon mirin (Japanese sweet wine); 1 tablespoon honey; 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar; 0.5 cup sesame seeds; 4 (6 ounce) tuna steaks; 1 tablespoon olive oil; wasabi paste

Sesame-Seared Tuna

This sesame-seared tuna is made in less than 15 minutes. It's an easy recipe for seared tuna with a sesame seed crust, served with a honey soy sauce.

11 min total 10 min prep 1 min cook 4 422 cal

Ingredients

4 serv.

0.25 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1 tablespoon mirin (Japanese sweet wine)
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
0.5 cup sesame seeds
4 (6 ounce) tuna steaks
1 tablespoon olive oil
wasabi paste

Instructions

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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.