Thursday, July 29, 2010

Sesame Crusted Tuna with Wasabi Sauce

This is yet another fabulous recipe from Rachel at Me, Myself & Pie.  I only modified it slightly based on the ingredients on had on hand.

Wasabi Sauce:
1 tbsp green onion, chopped
2 tbsp tamari sauce
juice of 1/2 an orange
1 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tsp lemon zest
juice of 1/2 a lemon
2 tsp raw honey
2 tsp wasabi powder
1 tsp grated ginger

Tuna:
3 tuna steaks
3 tbsp sesame seeds
3 tbsp black sesame seeds

Combine sauce ingredients in a small bowl and whisk together.


In another bowl, combine sesame seeds.  Dredge tuna in seeds until coated.


Heat a small amount of olive oil in skillet.  Add tuna to pan and cook on each side to desired doneness.  Unfortunately, I was dealing with the kids and mine got a little overcooked.  I would've preferred some more pink inside.

Serve with sauce.  Note: if you have leftover sauce, I notice that the wasabi intensifies in the fridge - in a good way, of course.  Just a warning to those of you who don't like hot wasabi.  :)


This was a really delicious, healthy meal.  My husband and I both enjoyed it.  I served the tuna along with Lyndsey's zucchini and carrot fritters and salted new potatoes (fresh from the earth that same day - yum).

My kids would eat the tuna steaks, but aren't much into sesame seeds - or any crunchy coating other than fried, so they had a little pork tenderloin instead.  They enjoyed their meal as well.  Come to think of it, I bet the wasabi sauce would've been great over the pork too!

The following day I used the leftover tuna and put it over a bed of baby spinach for lunch.  Before eating I tossed it in some of the remaining wasabi sauce.  It was very, very good.

11 comments:

  1. Now this sounds delicious...I love a good piece of tuna.

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  2. Thanks. I LOVE a good tuna steak. I was so disappointed to have overcooked it.

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  3. I can never find really good tuna here, but looks like I'm going to have to find some now! This looks delicious!

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  4. What a beautiful plate of tuna! I love how pretty the seeds look...such a simple yet stunning presentation. Thank you for sharing!
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  5. Jenn, I have the best luck with Whole Foods for any seafood. Other than that, we'd have to go into NYC.

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  6. YUM! This my idea of the perfect meal! Happy Friday!

    Lots of yummy love,
    Alex aka Ma, What's for Dinner
    www.mawhats4dinner.com

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  7. It is Alex. Looking at it today made me go out for a tuna burger this afternoon. :)

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  8. Thank you Monet. I do like pretty dishes too - especially when they taste as good as they look.

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  9. This meal looks awesome! Isn't it funny how kids are with the sesame seeds? Nice job.

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