This recipe cooks up a delicious grilled tuna with sesame noodles supper in just minutes for a light, healthy, and satisfying meal.
Why we love this recipe 💕
The Southern husband and I love us some seafood. It’s light, it’s delicious, it’s good for us and in the case of this particular recipe, it involves cooking some tuna for exactly one minute per side.
Yup. One minute. When you put this fact together with my favorite sesame noodle recipe (also super-fast) and a little lettuce – well, seafood suppers don’t get too much better.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities and nutritional information.
How to make this recipe 👩🏻🍳
STEP 1: Place your tuna steak, 2 tablespoons olive oil and a pinch each of salt and pepper in a zippered plastic bag and zip it up. Gently rotate the bag until the tuna is coated. Set the bad aside in the fridge while you make the noodles.
STEP 2: Cook up some noodles…we use linguine but you can also use spaghetti, soba noodles or any other long pasta that you have. Drain.
STEP 3: While the noodles are cooking, whisk some soy sauce, sugar, garlic, rice vinegar and sesame oil. together in a bowl.
STEP 4: Pour your delightful sauce over the warm noodles and toss to coat.
STEP 5: Heat your grill to high. Grill your tuna for 1-2 minutes per side (this results in rare tuna…you can let it go for another couple of minutes per side if you like your tuna more well-done).
STEP 6: Slice tuna into thin slices. Divide lettuce among plates, top with noodles and tuna slices, sprinkle with green onions and toss.
Grilled Tuna with Sesame Noodles
This recipe cooks up a delicious grilled tuna with sesame noodles supper in just minutes for a light, healthy, and satisfying meal.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Grill, Stovetop
- Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients
- 1 tuna steak, about one pound
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 12 ounces linguine
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons sesame oil
- 4 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 tablespoons hot water
- 3 green onions, sliced thin
- Bibb or other soft lettuce, torn into bite sized pieces
Instructions
- Place tuna, 2 tablespoons olive oil and salt and pepper in a ziplock bag. Gently rotate until tuna is coated, and set aside in the fridge while you make the noodles.
- While the pasta is cooking, whisk soy sauce, sugar, garlic, rice vinegar, canola oil and hot water together in a large bowl.
- Add the warm pasta to the bowl with the sauce and toss to coat.
- Grill tuna for 1-2 minutes per side over hot grill.
- Slice tuna into thin slices. Divide lettuce among plates, top with noodles and tuna slices, sprinkle with green onions and toss.
Notes
While you can serve this hot, it is also lovely served room temperature, especially if the temperatures are high!
Troy says
Awesome.
Easy and fast.
I used spaghetti and the sauce was the best. We do a lot of fish but typically with rice so this was different and very good. I will use it again .
Thanks Troy, I’m so glad you liked it! :)
Joanne says
I am amazed and kind of in love with how fast this meal comes together!! Plus those raw tuna insides and cooked outsides look so appealing.
I heart tuna. We need another sushi lunch soon!