Sesame Spiced Tuna Recipe

Tuna doesn’t have to come out of a can! This simple recipe delivers lightly-seared tuna steaks crusted in sesame seeds and flavorful spices: crispy on the outside and still rare on the inside.

It’s elegant enough for a black-tie dinner if that’s what you’re cooking for, but delicious enough that you shouldn’t wait for one to try it.

Of course, like all fish, tuna is extremely nutritious: it’s rich in B vitamins and important minerals, most notably selenium.

Selenium is especially important because it actually helps to protect against mercury toxicity – if you’re avoiding tuna for fear of mercury, you might want to reconsider swearing off such a nutritious food when the fish itself has a built-in defense against mercury poisoning.

This would be a perfect recipe to serve with a light leafy salad, like this green salad with clementine dressing. It’s a fresh alternative to steak and salad and a nice way to appreciate tuna besides the usually canned versions without even demanding much more time than hauling out the can opener.

Sesame Spiced Tuna Recipe

SERVES: 4 PREP: 20 min COOK: 10 min

Ingredients

• 4 tuna steaks, about 6 oz. each
• 1 tsp. fennel seeds
• 1 tsp. mustard seeds
• ¼ tsp. black peppercorns
• 4 tbsp. sesame seeds
• 3 tbsp. coconut oil
• Sea salt

Preparation

1. Mix the fennel seeds, mustard seeds, and peppercorns in a mortar.
2. Coarsely grind everything, add the sesame seeds, and season to taste with sea salt.
3. Spread the spice mixture evenly over the whole surface of a plate and press the tuna steaks into the mixture to coat.
4. Heat the coconut oil in a skillet placed over medium-high heat.
5. Brown each tuna steak for 2 to 3 minutes per side or until they reach the desired doneness.

Sesame Spiced Tuna Recipe

A classic way to add flavor to seared tuna stakes with a spice-heavy crust.

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 4 people

Calories 433 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 4 tuna steaks about 6 oz. each
• 1 tsp. fennel seeds
• 1 tsp. mustard seeds
• ¼ tsp. black peppercorns
• 4 tbsp. sesame seeds
• 3 tbsp. coconut oil
• Sea salt

Instructions

 

• Mix the fennel seeds, mustard seeds, and peppercorns in a mortar.
  1 tsp. fennel seeds, 1 tsp. mustard seeds, ¼ tsp. black peppercorns
• Coarsely grind everything, add the sesame seeds, and season to taste with sea salt.
  4 tbsp. sesame seeds, Sea salt
• Spread the spice mixture evenly over the whole surface of a plate and press the tuna steaks into the mixture to coat.
  4 tuna steaks
• Heat the coconut oil in a skillet placed over medium-high heat.
  3 tbsp. coconut oil
• Brown each tuna steak for 2 to 3 minutes per side or until they reach the desired doneness.

Nutrition

Calories: 433kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 43gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 65mgSodium: 69mgPotassium: 532mgFiber: 2gSugar: 0.1gVitamin A: 3716IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 177mgIron: 4mg

Keyword sesame, spiced, tuna

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