Sesame-crusted tuna with chilli & ginger dressing
- 09.03.2017
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A member of the mackerel family, tuna is a magnificent fish. Get the lowdown on this versatile ingredient and sample this great dish.
Recipe «Sesame-crusted tuna with chilli & ginger dressing» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2 avocados, 2 Lebanese cucumbers, 35g roasted peanuts, roughly chopped, 2 tbsp chopped chives, 1 lime, juiced , 50g sesame seeds, 1 tsp fennel seeds, 2 x 250g pieces yellowfin tuna, cut in half , 1 tbsp peanut oil, 2 1/2 tbsp peanut oil, 4cm piece ginger, finely grated, 3 eschalots, finely chopped, 1/2 bird’s-eye chilli, seeded, finely chopped, 75g caster sugar, 125ml rice vinegar, 1 tbsp soy sauce.
Ingredients:
- 2 avocados
- 2 Lebanese cucumbers
- 35g roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp chopped chives
- 1 lime, juiced
- 50g sesame seeds
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 2 x 250g pieces yellowfin tuna, cut in half
- 1 tbsp peanut oil
- 2 1/2 tbsp peanut oil
- 4cm piece ginger, finely grated
- 3 eschalots, finely chopped
- 1/2 bird’s-eye chilli, seeded, finely chopped
- 75g caster sugar
- 125ml rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 lime, juiced
Instructions
- To make chilli and ginger dressing, heat oil in a small saucepan over low heat. Add ginger, eschalots and chilli, and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until soft. Stir in sugar and vinegar until sugar dissolves, then simmer for 5 minutes to mellow the vinegar taste. Add 2 tablespoons water and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat. Add soy sauce, fish sauce and lime juice, and stir to combine. Set aside to cool.
- To make salad, cut avocados into thin wedges. Slice cucumbers in half lengthwise, remove seeds and thinly slice on the diagonal. Place avocados, cucumbers, nuts, chives and lime juice in a large bowl and toss to combine.
- Place sesame and fennel seeds on a plate and season generously with freshly ground black pepper. Press a piece of tuna into seed mixture to coat. Turn over and coat the other side. Repeat with remaining tuna.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium–high heat. Cook tuna for 1 1/2 minutes each side for medium–rare or until cooked to your liking.
- Divide salad among plates. Drizzle with dressing. Slice tuna and place next to the salad. Drizzle with a little more dressing to serve.