Seared Ahi -Avocado Salad
Ready In: 16 mins
Serves: 3
Ingredients
- 6 -8 ounces fresh ahi tuna (yellow Fin Tuna)
- 2⁄3 cup fresh cilantro leaves, finely chopped
- 5 teaspoons fresh ginger, grated
- 2 chili peppers (Fresnos)
- 5 fresh garlic cloves, minced
- 2 limes, juiced
- 1⁄3 cup low sodium soy sauce (plus a little extra)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar (to cut some of the tartness of the limes)
- 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil (plus a little extra)
- 1⁄2 cup scallion
- 2 avocados (ripe)
- 12 large shrimp
- 1 dash salt and pepper
Directions
- Brush your Ahi with Extra Virgin olive oil and lightly salt and pepper each side.
- Sear your fresh Ahi over a hot mesquite grill. This gives a wonderful flavor from the mesquite. 90 seconds on each side is sufficient. Set aside to rest and cool.
- -Salsa-
- In a medium bowl, add lime juice, ginger, Olive oil, garlic, fresco chili, sugar, scallions, cilantro, and soy sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- -Shrimp garnish-
- Clean and de-vein shrimp.
- In a hot skillet, add a bit of olive oil. Add shrimp and cook for 90 seconds, coat with a bit of soy sauce, flip and repeat.
- -Assembly-.
- Layer avocado on a small plate. Slice Ahi into 1/4" slabs against the grain. Should yield about 12 slices. Layer 4 slices on the avocado. Add a ribbon of Salsa along the center of the Ahi. Garnish with 4 pieces of shrimp on the outside.
- Enjoy!
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