Seared Ahi Tuna
Total Time: 17 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 2 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 1 lb fresh ahi tuna
- salt
- pepper
- 1/3 cup rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 cup sesame oil
- 1/3 cup soy oil
- 1 lb wakame seaweed
- 2 small chili peppers, seeded and chopped (seeding the pepers is optional)
- 4 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 2 cups balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons mild molasses
- 2 cups olive oil
- 3 cups cilantro
Recipe
- 1 brush tuna with olive oil and season each side with salt and pepper.
- 2 grill for 2 minutes on each side, remove from heat and slice in 16 1 oz medallions.
- 3 in a mixing bowl, combine rice vinegar, salt, sugar, and both oils (sesame and soy).
- 4 pour dressing over wakame, add chile peppers and toss.
- 5 sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- 6 boil balsamic vinegar and molasses in small,heavy pan overmedium heat.
- 7 reduce by half and cool.
- 8 combine olive oil, cilantro, salt and pepper to taste; blend in food processor until smooth.
- 9 strain through fine sieve.
- 10 keep refrigerated up to two days, but use at room temperature.
- 11 place a mound of wakame salad on plate.
- 12 arrange tuna medallions around edges of wakame.
- 13 drizzle olive oil and cilantro mixture on plate, then drizzle molasses mixture on plate.
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