Sesame tuna steak with cucumber salad and rice

Sesame tuna steak with cucumber salad and rice

Get your oily fish quota with this tasty, no-fuss dish inspired by Japanese flavours. It’s a quick-fix meal for one, that takes just 15 minutes to make.

Sesame tuna steak with cucumber salad and rice

Prefer noodles to rice? Then our sesame tuna steak with noodles is the recipe for you.

  • Serves icon Serves 1
  • Time icon Hands-on time 15 min

Get your oily fish quota with this tasty, no-fuss dish inspired by Japanese flavours. It’s a quick-fix meal for one, that takes just 15 minutes to make.

Prefer noodles to rice? Then our sesame tuna steak with noodles is the recipe for you.

Nutrition: Using a 160g tuna steak

Calories
295kcals
Fat
10.6g (1.7g saturated)
Protein
42.8g
Carbohydrates
6.5g (4.5g sugars)
Fibre
1.2g
Salt
1.7g

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 tsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for rubbing
  • ½ red chilli, chopped
  • 1 tsp mirin
  • 2 tsp tamari or light soy sauce
  • Juice ½ lime
  • Squeeze wasabi paste (optional)
  • 1-2 mini cucumbers or ¼ cucumber, roughly chopped
  • 1 line-caught sustainable tuna steak (look for MSC certification; see tip)
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds
  • Freshly cooked basmati or Thai sticky rice to serve
  • A few sprigs fresh coriander, leaves roughly chopped (optional)
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Method

  1. Mix the sesame oil, extra-virgin olive oil, chilli, mirin, tamari/soy sauce, lime juice, wasabi (if using) and some pepper in a small bowl. Stir in the cucumber and set aside.
  2. Heat a small non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Rub the tuna with a little olive oil. When the pan is hot, add the tuna and cook, without moving it, for 1½ minutes for medium. Sprinkle with the sesame seeds, then carefully turn and cook on the other side for 1½ minutes more. (You can watch the edge of the tuna steak change colour to see how quickly it’s cooking through.) Remove from the heat. If you want it rare, cook for 1 minute on each side; for well-done cook for 2 minutes, then turn and cook for 2-2½ minutes. Don’t overcook or the tuna will be dry.
  3. Serve the fish with the cooked rice and cucumber salad with any leftover dressing drizzled over the top. Sprinkle with the chopped coriander, if using.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
295kcals
Fat
10.6g (1.7g saturated)
Protein
42.8g
Carbohydrates
6.5g (4.5g sugars)
Fibre
1.2g
Salt
1.7g

delicious. tips

  1. Choose whatever size of tuna steak suits you. A medium steak weighs about 160g, but a fishmonger can slice you one to order.

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