Sesame Seed Crusted Seared Ahi Tuna

I had never really attempted to cook tuna steaks before the last few months. For some reason it seemed intimidating. I had eaten it at restaurants back when I lived in Huntington Beach, and it was always so good. It looked so elegant. I never gave much thought to making it at home until I happened upon some ahi tuna steaks at Sam's Club in the frozen section. They looked SO good, so I picked up a package and decided to give it a whirl.  I looked up a bunch of recipes and ended up just throwing this one together...mainly just based off of what I had in my kitchen. I didn't even have to go to the store! Bonus! The flavor was amazing. 

This is a deceptive little recipe. It is, to date, one of the easiest recipes I have ever made. Ever. It looks very fancy though, so basically, with VERY little effort you look like a rockstar. Yes! 

Ingredients: tuna steaks, soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, cilantro, lemon, garlic and sesame seeds (not pictured here).

Combine all ingredients besides tuna and sesame seeds in a bowl. Mix.

Place tuna steaks in large zip top bag. Pour marinade over the top. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Here are the sesame seeds. You can use any that you'd like. Mine were garlic flavored. Mmmm.

Pour sesame seeds on to plate or in container. Coat marinated tuna in sesame seeds. 

Cook coated tuna in very hot frying pan for 3 minutes a side.

They're pretty :)

Carefully slice and place on a bed of greens. Serve with edemame or alone :) It's also delicious along side some rice.

 A-MAZING. 

INGREDIENTS:

2 ahi tuna steaks

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 Tablespoon lemon juice

1Tablespoon honey

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 bunch of cilantro, finely chopped

2 Tablespoons sesame oil 

2 Tablespoons oil of your choosing(for cooking)

DIRECTIONS:

1. Combine soy sauce, lemon juice, honey, garlic, cilantro and sesame oil in a bowl. Whisk to completely combine. 

2. Place tuna steaks in large zip top bag. Pour marinade over steaks. Seal and put in fridge. Marinate for 30 minutes. (Be careful not to leave the tuna in the marinade for a long period of time because the acidic content of the marinade will start to "cook" the tuna) 

3. Heat 2 Tablespoons of the oil of your choosing in a large frying pan over med/high heat. 

4. Pour sesame seeds onto a plate or in a container. Take tuna out of marinade and coat with sesame seeds on all sides. 

5. Place tuna steaks in hot frying pan. Cook 3 minutes. Turn over, very carefully, and cook for 3 minutes. Remove from pan. Take care not to break them apart. 

6. Prepare greens of your choice on plate. Carefully slice tuna into strips and lay on top of greens. Enjoy!!! 

I hope you try it! It's such a big pay off with so little effort! Let me know what you think!