World Cuisine Recipe ☆ Asian Sesame Seared or Grilled Tuna (Gluten Free)

This is a combination of two fabulous marinades. My kids absolutely love it and ask for me to make it all the time! And, just by using a gluten-free soy sauce, the entire recipe is gluten free! Serve with wasabi paste and rice.

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Calories:487.1
Asian Sesame Seared or Grilled Tuna (Gluten Free)
Prep:10m
Cook:10m
Ready in:1h 20m
Serving:4 servings

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup tamari (gluten-free soy sauce)
  • ¼ cup sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoons mirin (Japanese sweet wine)
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced, divided
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
  • 4 (6 ounce) tuna steaks
  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds, or to taste
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

Cooking Directions

  1. Whisk tamari, sesame oil, mirin, honey, vinegar, ginger, green onions, and garlic together in a bowl until marinade is evenly mixed. Place tuna steaks in the marinade and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
  2. Spread sesame seeds onto a plate. Remove tuna from marinade and discard marinade. Press tuna into sesame seeds until evenly coated.
  3. Heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet over high heat until very hot; cook tuna in the hot oil until cooked to desired doneness, 30 seconds to 5 minutes per side.
Grilling option: do not coat tuna with sesame seeds! Spray grill with non-stick cooking spray for grills. Heat grill until very hot. Grill tuna on each side for 2 minutes (for medium rare); The nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of the marinade ingredients. The actual amount of the marinade consumed will vary.

Nutrition Facts

  • calories487.1
  • carbohydrateContent14.6 g
  • cholesterolContent65.2 mg
  • fatContent27.6 g
  • fiberContent1 g
  • proteinContent42.8 g
  • saturatedFatContent4.9 g
  • sodiumContent1066.4 mg
  • sugarContent11.5 g
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