How to Make Sesame Seared Ahi Tuna

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Make Sesame Seared Ahi Tuna

Whether at the new trendy fusion restaurant or the local sushi bar, sesame crusted ahi tuna is a delicious dish that can be prepared and enjoyed as an appetizer or as an entrée. Sesame crusted ahi tuna is so easy to make and does not take long to prepare. Serving this dish is a great way to impress dinner guests or your family. If you are making sesame crusted ahi tuna as an entrée, it pairs very well with mashed potatoes (especially wasabi mashed potatoes), string beans, and soba noodles. Here is an easy recipe I follow from recipezaar.com:

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

1/4 cup black sesame seed
1/2 cup white sesame seed
4 6oz. Ahi tuna steaks (fresh is best but frozen still comes out delicious!)
Freshly ground black pepper
Salt
2 tablespoons canola oil

Step 1

If you are using the frozen ahi tuna steaks, make sure to defrost them.
Step 2

Combine and mix the white and black sesame seeds in a dish.
Step 3

Season the tuna with the salt and pepper and then coat the tuna with the sesame seeds.
Step 4

In a non stick pan, heat the oil and place the tuna in the pan. Cook the tuna for about one minute. (The great part about having the white sesame seeds is that they are an indicator of whether or not the tuna is properly cooked: the white sesame seeds begin to turn golden underneath them!) Now, turn the tuna over and cook on the other side for about one minute.
Step 5

You may serve the tuna whole, but it is better to slice the tuna into 1/4 inch thick slices for presentation purposes. If you are serving the tuna as an appetizer, it definitely should be sliced; if you are serving the tuna over salad, it also definitely should be sliced.