SEARED RARE AHI TUNA WITH CITRUS SESAME VINAIGRETTE

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Categories     Salad     Fish

Yield 2 salads

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 buch watercress
half head frisee
1 1/4 cups orange juice
2 T lemon juice
2 T sesame oil
2 T honey
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 T chili paste
2 T rice wine vinegar
2 1/ cups vegetable oil
2 T sesame seeds
1 8 to 10 oz tuna filet
salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

  • clean and trim greens. Combine OJ, lemon juice, sesame oil, honey, mustard, chili paste and rice wine vinegar in a medium bowl Blend in vegetable oil with a hand mixer, slowly until mixture is emulsified. While mixing stir in the sesame seeds, crushing them with the blender. Reserve. Heavily season both sides of tuna with salt and pepper. heat a saute pan over high heat. Add vegetable oil. Just before oil begins to smoke, add tuna filet. Sear 1 minute per side. Slice tuna thinly across the grain. Mix the greens with the most of the vinaigrette. Arrange tuna over the salad. drizzle remaining vinaigrette over tuna and plate for presentation.

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