Spicy Seared Tuna
This easy recipe for spicy seared tuna adds a little bit of heat in the form of a spicy mayonnaise sauce. It’s both incredibly flavorful and so simple to make! The perfect seafood supper.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 3-4 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Asian
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
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- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- Juice from one lime
- 1/4 cup sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha or other hot sauce
- 1 pound tuna steak (sushi grade if you can get it!)
- 4 tablespoons canola oil
- Sesame seeds for garnish
- Chopped scallions for garnish
Instructions
- Combine soy sauce, lime juice, sesame oil, salt and pepper in a zippered plastic bag. Add tuna steak and marinate for 3 hours and up to overnight.
- Make the sauce by stirring together the mayo and the hot sauce (you can use more or less hot sauce depending on how spicy you like things!).
- When you are ready to cook, add the canola oil to a skillet (a cast iron skillet is perfect for this) and heat over high heat until the oil is smoking hot. Add the tuna steak (discard the marinade) and sear for 1-2 minutes per side for rare, or longer if you like your tuna more well done.
- Remove tuna, slice and serve drizzled with the sauce.
Find it online: https://www.framedcooks.com/spicy-seared-tuna/