Seared Ahi Tuna Steak with Japanese Tataki Sauce | Tuna Tataki

Julie - Mrs. Lin's Kitchen
Julie - Mrs. Lin's Kitchen @mrslinskitchen
San Ramon

Tataki is Japanese cooking which takes raw meat or fish and sear in a pan to form a thin cooked layer of meat on the outside and raw still inside. In order to make tuna tataki, you will need to use sashimi-grade tuna preferably ahi or yellowfin. Then, you will sear the fish between 10 to 30 seconds. How long to sear the tuna will depend on its thickness. After you sear the tuna and let it cool, you will drizzle citrus-based sauce, which tataki sauce, on the top and serve. youtu.be/6XfgAMoe_Gs

Seared Ahi Tuna Steak with Japanese Tataki Sauce | Tuna Tataki

Tataki is Japanese cooking which takes raw meat or fish and sear in a pan to form a thin cooked layer of meat on the outside and raw still inside. In order to make tuna tataki, you will need to use sashimi-grade tuna preferably ahi or yellowfin. Then, you will sear the fish between 10 to 30 seconds. How long to sear the tuna will depend on its thickness. After you sear the tuna and let it cool, you will drizzle citrus-based sauce, which tataki sauce, on the top and serve. youtu.be/6XfgAMoe_Gs

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Ingredients

  1. 1/2 lbsashimi-grade tuna
  2. 2 tbspvegetable oil
  3. roasted sesame seeds, (white, black or both)
  4. Tataki Sauce
  5. 1 tbspsoy sauce, (gluten-free soy sauce or tamarin)
  6. 1 tbspfreshly squeezed lemon juice
  7. 1 tbspmirin
  8. 1 tspgrated ginger
  9. 1 tspvery thinly sliced red onion/shallot

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Coat tuna with roasted sesame seed on all sides. Try your best to fill in all the empty spot and make sure the tuna is fully coated.

  2. 2

    Grate the ginger

  3. 3

    Slice the red onion or shallot as thin as possible

  4. 4

    To make tataki sauce, in a clean bowl, add 1 tbsp of soy sauce, 1 tbsp of lemon juice, 1 tsp of grated ginger, 1 tbsp of mirin, 1 tsp of thinly sliced red onion. Then mix everything together.

  5. 5

    In a frying pan, add 2 tbsp of vegetable oil. When the oil is hot, put the tuna in and sear each side for 30 seconds. Only sear all the side surfaces of the piece of tune. Leave the front and the backside

  6. 6

    Take the seared tuna out and let cool. Cut the tuna perpendicular to the side that is not seared. About ¼” thickness each piece

  7. 7

    To serve, drizzle tataki sauce on the seared tuna. And make sure you eat it when it’s freshly made.

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Hello, everyone! This is Julie but many of you might know me as Mrs. Lin from Mrs. Lin’s Kitchen.Born and raised in Taiwan, I moved to the U.S. with my family when I was a teenager. My mom is a great cook and she has been a huge influence and inspiration to me. I started this because I like to share and document all my favorite recipes.Because of my Taiwanese background, my recipes consist of mainly Taiwanese, Japanese, Chinese, and some Southeast Asian. Some I learned from my mom, some I learned while growing up and many I have created throughout the years.I hope you like what I bring to you here. Please leave me some comments and let me know what you like to see in the future.You can visit my Youtube channel for more ingredients:https://www.youtube.com/mrslinskitchenTo download my printable recipes, please visit:http://site.mrslinskitchen.com/recipes/index.php/about-mrs-lin/
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