10 Minute Seared Ahi Tuna

Need a quick and delicious fish recipe? This Seared Ahi Tuna delivers on both. Crusted with sesame seeds and served with a wasabi lime sauce, it can't get much easier and better than that. My husband gets complete credit for this Seared Ahi Tuna. He came up with the fish recipe and I added a dipping sauce to accompany it.

Before you prep the fish, make sure everything else for the meal is finished, the sides and the dipping sauce. I am typically in charge of making the sides and dipping sauce while my husband makes the fish. Cooking is much more fun when you have a teammate in the kitchen.

Sesame Crusted Seared Ahi Tuna

Ingredients:
1 pound Ahi Tuna steak, cut into 4 ounce portions
3 Tbs. raw sesame seeds, white or black
salt and pepper, to taste
1 tsp. sesame oil
For the Sauce:
1 lime, zest and juiced
1 Tbs. Tamari or soy sauce
1 inch piece ginger, peeled and finely grated
1 tsp. wasabi paste, or more to taste

Directions:
Place all of the ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl and mix well. Transfer to a serving dish.

Preheat a non-stick skillet over medium high heat until very hot. Salt and pepper the tuna steaks. Place sesame seeds in a shallow dish or bowl and dip each side of the tuna portions into the sesame seeds. Press slightly to make sure the seeds stick. Pour sesame oil into hot skillet and immediately place fish in skillet to sear. Sear each side of the tuna for 2 minutes for rare and 3 minutes on each side for a medium rare tuna steak. Remove fish from skillet and place on a cutting board. Slice tuna into 1/2 inch slices and serve immediately with dipping sauce.