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Pepper Seared Tuna Steaks
photo by Mike417
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 2 tuna steaks
- 2 tablespoons coarsely cracked black pepper
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 4 teaspoons sesame oil
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1⁄2 cup dry sherry
- 1 dash red wine, as needed
- 2 tablespoons chopped green onions
directions
- Combine black pepper and sesame seeds in bowl.
- Press tuna steaks into mixture, until coated.
- Heat sesame oil over medium-high heat.
- Add tuna steaks and sear about 1- 1 1/2 minutes each side (I like mine rare in the center, longer if you prefer well-cooked tuna).
- Transfer steaks to tented aluminum foil to keep warm.
- Add a touch more oil to pan, then add soy sauce and sherry.
- Add garlic and most of green onion (reserving some of the tops).
- If too much has boiled off, add a bit of red wine if necessary.
- Reduce heat and simmer until mixture is slightly reduced, scraping up any brown bits, about 1 minute.
- Spoon sauce over tuna steaks, and sprinkle remaining green onion on top.
- Note: if you want to make more of this sauce, it tastes fantastic, and goes great with rices, potatoes, roasted veggies, etc.
- In the photo, I cross-cut Italian bread, drizzled with olive oil and briefly toasted.
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Reviews
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This was very good, although I would use probably half of the pepper suggested. I do enjoy spicy food, but this was a little too peppery for my and my husband's taste buds. I agree, the sauce is excellent on other things... I served the tuna with a mixed baby green lettuce side, and sauteed snow peas, and they both got some of the sauce on them and it was delicious! I also served broiled, parmesean,covered thick sliced tomato with it. My husband asked me to make it again sometime, and I agree, it is worth doing again, low cal, tasty, and easy. Try it!!!
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My first successful tuna steaks! Every other time they were overcooked and flavor-lacking. Served them on a bed of mesclun and had to substitute a few rings of real onions and a leek instead of green onions. I threw in a sliced carrot and some grape tomatoes to make more of a salad too. Big hit. My mouth is still a little spiced from the peppercorns and I love it! excellent!
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This is a really good recipe. I have a sensitivity to pepper so I only used 1/2 teaspoon. The sauce seemed a little salty to me but maybe using more pepper would have offset the salty taste a little bit.It may have also been the soy sauce I used. The sauce was still really good. I think next time I makethis recipe, I will use a low sodium soy sauce. This recipe is easy to make. Thanks for a great recipe S'kat
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
skat5762
Hampton Roads, Virginia
Food, felines, vino, photography