In the Kitchen with Coby | Seared Tuna with Tomato and Edamame Salad
INGREDIENTS
- 2 Fillets of Yellowfin Tuna
- Marinade:
- 1 cup soy sauce
- ½ cup rice wine vinegar
- ¼ cup sesame oil
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup water
- Tomato and Edamame Salad
- 2 tbsp. sesame seeds
- 1 cup sliced in half cherry or grape tomatoes
- 1 TB chopped garlic
- 1 sliced pickled onion
RECIPE
- Mix all of the marinade ingredients together and pour over the tuna. Allow to marinate for 20-30 minutes.
- In a sauté pan, toast the sesame seeds for approximately one minute.
- Place sliced tomato in a bowl and sprinkle sesame seeds over the top.
- Add 1 tbsp. sesame oil to sauté pan over medium heat. Add chopped garlic and sauté for one minute.
- Add edamame to sauté pan, tossing with the garlic.
- Toss the edamame with the tomatoes, then add the pickled onions.
- Searing the Tuna
- Heat sauté pan to medium-high heat.
- Add 1 tbsp. sesame oil, place tuna in pan and sear on each side for 90 seconds.
- Remove tuna from the pan.
- Add one cup of the marinade to the hot sauté pan.
- Add cornstarch slurry to marinade and bring to a simmer. When the sauce is thickened, remove from heat and pour over tuna.