Spicy Tuna Tostada

Name: Spicy Tuna Tostada
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 servings (4 tostadas total)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 9 oz tuna steak; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1/2 " ginger root, peeled and minced; 1 lime; as needed olive oil; 3 tbsp mayonnaise; 1 tsp Pequin pepper powder, if available, or substitute with Cayenne pepper; 2 " of the white part of a leek; as needed frying oil of your choice (do not use olive oil); 4 tostadas; 1 ripe avocado

Felix Cortes @Felix

Mostly Connecticut/NYC area

This is a variation on one of the most delicious things I've ever eaten. It was in Mulegé, a tiny place in Baja, on the Coast of the Gulf of California.

The tostada is loaded with spicy mayo, ginger-marinated tuna, avocado, and crowned with fried leek. It is truly heavenly!

#worldonaplate #mymexican

This is a variation on one of the most delicious things I've ever eaten. It was in Mulegé, a tiny place in Baja, on the Coast of the Gulf of California.

The tostada is loaded with spicy mayo, ginger-marinated tuna, avocado, and crowned with fried leek. It is truly heavenly!

#worldonaplate #mymexican

Felix Cortes @Felix

Mostly Connecticut/NYC area

This is a variation on one of the most delicious things I've ever eaten. It was in Mulegé, a tiny place in Baja, on the Coast of the Gulf of California.

The tostada is loaded with spicy mayo, ginger-marinated tuna, avocado, and crowned with fried leek. It is truly heavenly!

#worldonaplate #mymexican

This is a variation on one of the most delicious things I've ever eaten. It was in Mulegé, a tiny place in Baja, on the Coast of the Gulf of California.

The tostada is loaded with spicy mayo, ginger-marinated tuna, avocado, and crowned with fried leek. It is truly heavenly!

#worldonaplate #mymexican

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Ingredients

30 minutes

2 servings (4 tostadas total)

Tuna:
9 oztuna steak
2 tbspsoy sauce
1/2" ginger root, peeled and minced
1lime
as neededolive oil
Spicy mayo:
3 tbspmayonnaise
1 tspPequin pepper powder, if available, or substitute with Cayenne pepper
Fried leek:
2" of the white part of a leek
as neededfrying oil of your choice (do not use olive oil)
Tostadas:
4tostadas
1ripe avocado

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Steps

30 minutes

1

In a bowl, combine soy sauce, lime juice, and ginger. Marinate the tuna in this, turning ocassionally to fully impregnate.
2

For the spicy mayo: ideally, you'd use Pequin pepper powder, but that's not always easy to find, so you can substitute with Cayenne pepper, as we did here. Add the powder to the mayonnaise and mix well.
3

Next, cut the leek in half and slice it into half-moons, as thinly as possible.
4

In a skillet, heat frying oil on high and fry the leeks until golden brown. Be careful not to let them darken too much, as they will become bitter. Remove from heat and let cool on paper towels to absorb excess oil.
5

Using the same skillet (caution: very hot), heat the olive oil and sear the tuna. No more than one minute per side! Then, transfer to a cutting board and slice it as thinly as possible.
6

Spread the spicy mayo on each tostada and distribute the tuna slices on them.
7

Add 1/4 of the avocado on each tostada and top with a generous pinch of fried leek. Voilá! Enjoy!