If you loved the seared tuna with wasabi butter sauce from the top gourmet restaurant you dined the other day, it is now time to master and mimic the delicacy at your home in your kitchen. It is quite natural to think about tuna when you think about wasabi. This wasabi butter sauce is perfect with the butter bringing in a richness that mellows down only the heat of wasabi not the flavor profile. Also try variations using rib eye instead of tuna and see how the wasabi butter sauce works like a magic.
Health Benefits
Tuna fish is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids that improve your heart’s health.It also contains lots of protein that can help you build muscles. It produces melatonin in your body to adjust your sleep cycle and support your immune system.
Ingredients
1 lb tuna steaks, chilled
2 tbsp olive oil
salt and ground black pepper, as per your taste
¼ cup sesame seeds
½ onion, slice it lengthwise
8 large shiitake mushrooms, slice caps
4 radishes, thinly sliced
2 cups arugula
10 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
½ jalapeno, thinly sliced
½ cup cilantro, fine chopped
1 tsp sea salt
2 tbsp sesame oil
2 fresh limes, extract juice
1 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce
½ onion
2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp wasabi paste
How To Make Seared Tuna with Wasabi-Butter Sauce
- Add lime juice, soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, wasabi paste, and half an onion to food processor and pulse until it forms a smooth mixture.
- Heat olive oil in a large saucepan on medium heat.
- Add shiitake caps, sliced onion, salt, and pepper.
- Cook for 10-12 minutes while stirring.
- Transfer to a bowl when the mushrooms turn brown and crispy.
- Brush tuna steaks with olive oil and seasonwith salt and pepper.
- Add sesame seeds to a shallow bowl and lay tuna steaks and flip to coat the other side.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet, add tuna steaks and cook both sides for a minute or two.
- Transfer tuna to a cutting board and let it cool. Thinly slice it.
- Warm the wasabi sauce in a saucepan and add butter.
- Cook for another 2 minutes until the sauce turns glossy.
- Prepare salad with tomatoes, radishes, cilantro, and arugula and top with mushrooms and tuna steaks.
- Serve and enjoy!
Trivia
- The largest recorded specimen of tuna was 21 ft. long.
- Tuna is a fast swimmer.
- Tuna female releases 30 million eggs a year.