Recipe: Perfect Seared Ahi Tuna Steak with Japanese Tataki Sauce | Tuna Tataki

Seared Ahi Tuna Steak with Japanese Tataki Sauce | Tuna Tataki.

You can cook Seared Ahi Tuna Steak with Japanese Tataki Sauce | Tuna Tataki using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Seared Ahi Tuna Steak with Japanese Tataki Sauce | Tuna Tataki

1. Prepare 1/2 lb of sashimi-grade tuna.
2. You need 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.
3. You need of roasted sesame seeds, (white, black or both).
4. You need of Tataki Sauce.
5. Prepare 1 tbsp of soy sauce, (gluten-free soy sauce or tamarin).
6. It's 1 tbsp of freshly squeezed lemon juice.
7. It's 1 tbsp of mirin.
8. It's 1 tsp of grated ginger.
9. You need 1 tsp of very thinly sliced red onion/shallot.

Seared Ahi Tuna Steak with Japanese Tataki Sauce | Tuna Tataki instructions

1. Coat tuna with roasted sesame seed on all sides. Try your best to fill in all the empty spot and make sure the tuna is fully coated..
2. Grate the ginger.
3. Slice the red onion or shallot as thin as possible.
4. To make tataki sauce, in a clean bowl, add 1 tbsp of soy sauce, 1 tbsp of lemon juice, 1 tsp of grated ginger, 1 tbsp of mirin, 1 tsp of thinly sliced red onion. Then mix everything together..
5. In a frying pan, add 2 tbsp of vegetable oil. When the oil is hot, put the tuna in and sear each side for 30 seconds. Only sear all the side surfaces of the piece of tune. Leave the front and the backside.
6. Take the seared tuna out and let cool. Cut the tuna perpendicular to the side that is not seared. About ¼” thickness each piece.
7. To serve, drizzle tataki sauce on the seared tuna. And make sure you eat it when it’s freshly made..