So easy and wonderful flavors! I also served this with carrots with lime and ginger. Would not cook the tuna as long as it said - we like the tuna rare.
Sesame-Crusted Tuna with Ginger-Peanut Rice
If you like your tuna cooked rare, buy sushi-grade tuna.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 tuna steak, about 1/2 cup rice, and about 1 teaspoon sauce)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 491
- Calories from fat: 21%
- Fat: 11.3g
- Saturated fat: 1.8g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3.9g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 4.5g
- Protein: 45.2g
- Carbohydrate: 50g
- Fiber: 1.9g
- Cholesterol: 77mg
- Iron: 4.6mg
- Sodium: 690mg
- Calcium: 30mg
Ingredients
- Rice:
- 1 (3 1/2-ounce) bag boil-in-bag long-grain rice
- 1/4 cup sliced green onions
- 1 tablespoon Thai peanut sauce
- 2 teaspoons bottled minced fresh ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Tuna:
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 4 (6-ounce) Yellowfin tuna steaks (about 3/4 inch thick)
- 3 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup sesame seeds, toasted
- 2 tablespoons sliced green onions
Preparation
- To prepare rice, cook rice according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Stir in 1/4 cup onions, peanut sauce, ginger, and 1/4 teaspoon salt; keep warm.
- To prepare tuna, heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Combine tuna and 2 tablespoons soy sauce in a bowl, tossing gently to coat. Sprinkle tuna with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Dredge edges of tuna in sesame seeds. Add tuna to pan, and cook 3 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Serve tuna over rice. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon soy sauce; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons onions.
Sesame-Crusted Tuna with Ginger-Peanut Rice Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Main Dishes
- CONVENIENCE: Quick/Easy
- CUISINE: Asian
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Fish
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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