Sesame Crusted Tuna Steaks
Everywhere you look there seems to be recipes using Tuna and yet very little information about the fact that Tuna is becoming an endangered species is available. Massive overfishing in all of the Tuna fisheries is likely to collapse these fisheries to the point where they cannot recover and many tuna species will go extinct. The massive prices being paid for Tuna in the Japanese Fish markets, especially for the very large and offspring prolific females are not helping the conservation efforts. This recipe is one of many on this website, but if you do use it then bear in mind the tuna you have just consumed might be one of the last caught.
Ingredients
1/2 cup sesame seeds
1/3 cup black sesame seeds
6- 8 ounce tuna steaks, 1-inch thick
3 Tbsp. vegetable oil (high smoke)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Namida® Wasabi Mayonnaise
Method
- Combine sesame seeds in a shallow dish.
- Pat the tuna steaks dry and rub both sides with 1 1/2 Tbsp. vegetable oil.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper and press both sides and edges of the tuna steaks in the sesame seeds.
- Heat the remaining oil in a large non-stick skillet over high heat until oil is just beginning to smoke.
- Add the tuna steaks.
- Cook 30 seconds without moving, reduce the heat to medium-high.
- Cook a total of 1 1/2 minutes on each side for rare or 3 minutes on each side for medium-rare being careful when turning the steaks not to disturb the crust.
- Sesame seeds should be golden.
- Cut tuna steaks in 1/4 inch slices and serve topped with Namida® Wasabi Mayonnaise on a bed of salad greens.