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There are so many ways to cook fish. Sometimes you don’t even have to cook them at all. For tuna, you can prepare them without even firing up the grill, but for certain cuts, I prefer them cooked but not for very long. Tuna steaks serve as a great dinner option paired with some brown basmati rice and maybe a nice glass of white wine. The marinade ties everything together adding a nice kick of savory soy and a little heat from cayenne. This is definitely a recipe you should keep logged just like your latest catch in your fishing logbook!
Recipe yields two 8-ounce tuna steaks.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup reduced sodium soy
2 tbsp roasted sesame seed oil
2 tbsp hot honey
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
Sesame seeds
Directions:
- In a mixing bowl, add in the roasted sesame seed oil, hot honey, and cayenne pepper. Give it a taste test and add in more to adjust flavor to your liking if needed.
- Add in the reduced sodium soy and give it a taste and adjust flavor to your liking if needed.
- Put your tuna steaks in a Ziploc bag and pour the marinade in but reserve some to pour over your tuna when finished.
- Fold over the Ziploc squeezing out the air and keeping the marinade on the steaks.
- Keep in the fridge for up to 6 hours (plan accordingly if you want this for dinner tonight).
- Pour some sesame seeds on a plate and roll your tuna steak edges through them, coating the edges.
- Place a medium-sized greased pan on the stove at medium-high heat and sear your tuna steak.
- Flip the steak and cook for the allotted minutes based on your preferred doneness.
- Quick-sear the edges crisping the sesame seeds.
- Transfer to a cutting board and slice into planks and serve
*For rare tuna steak, cook for 2-3 minutes, applying moderate pressure to the top of the steak with an offset spatula for the first minute. Flip the steak and cook for another 2-3 minutes, applying the spatula again, until the internal temp reaches 120-130 degrees. Medium rare is 130-140 degrees, and medium is 140-150 degrees.
