Seared Sesame Tuna

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 garlic clove, smashed
• 8 ounces Anderson Seafoods’ Ahi Tuna Cubes
• ½ cup rice
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon canola or peanut oil
• ¼ cup toasted sesame seeds (or a mix of white and black sesame seeds)
• chopped scallions (for garnish)

Directions:

1. Combine the lime juice, soy sauce, and garlic clove together. Add the Ahi tuna cubes and marinate for one hour. Drain well.
2. In the meantime, place the rice in a saucepan with ½ cup of water. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat down to a simmer. Cover and steam the rice for 20 minutes. Combine the sugar, rice wine vinegar and salt in a small bowl and once the rice is cooked, gently stir the mixture into the rice using a slicing motion with a spatula.
3. Pre-heat a skillet over high heat. Add the oil and when the pan is very hot, add the well-drained tuna and cook it very fast, tossing constantly for less than a minute. Cook only so that you get all sides of the tuna seared and then remove the tuna from the skillet immediately. Roll the cubes around in the sesame seeds before turning them out onto the rice. Garnish with chopped scallions. Serve with a dipping sauce of your choice – sweet chili sauce, sriracha and mayonnaise, soy and wasabi, or just a squeeze of lime.