Cajun Crusted Ahi in Sake-to-Me Shoyu Sauce

Recipe Courtesy Nick Narimatsu, Honolulu, Hawaii

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Total Time:
20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
5 min
Yield:
1 serving
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/16 teaspoon celery salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/8 teaspoon dried rosemary
  • 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 7 ounces tuna steak, 1-inch thick
  • Butter, for pan

Directions

Sake-to-Me Shoyu Sauce:

  • 1 tablespoon shoyu (recommended: Kikkoman)
  • 1 teaspoon sake
  • 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1/8-inch lemon slice

Garnishes:

  • 1 avocado, peeled
  • 1 ounce green onions, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
  • 1 tomato, concasse* (see Cook's Note)
  • 1 lemon, sliced

In a mixing bowl, mix panko, 1/4 teaspoon tarragon, 1/4 teaspoon rosemary, and 1/4 teaspoon thyme. Set aside.

In a food processor, grind together paprika, cayenne pepper, celery salt, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, 1/8 teaspoon rosemary and 1/8 teaspoon thyme. Add mayonnaise and pulse until well combined. Lightly coat the tuna steak with the mayonnaise mixture and then coat the tuna steak in the panko mixture.

Melt butter in a skillet over medium-heat. Add tuna to hot pan and sear on each side for approximately 2 1/2 minutes each or until golden brown.

Meanwhile, in a small skillet, combine all sauce ingredients and reduce over low heat until thickened to a sauce consistency.

Cut a thick wedge of avocado and then slice it to make a fan shape. Spread avocado fan across plate. Place the tuna steak in the center of the plate, pouring shoyu sauce around and on top of it. Garnish with the green onions, tomato concasse, and lemon slice.

*Cook's Note: To make tomato concasse, make an X-shaped cut on the bottom of the tomato and boil in a pot of water for 15 to 20 seconds. Remove tomato from water, peel off skin, remove seeds, and dice.

* Guest Recipe

A viewer or guest of the show, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The Food Network Kitchens have not tested this recipe and therefore cannot make representation as to the results.

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  • on March 04, 2012

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    The presentation of this dish is beautiful - restaurant quality. My issue was the tuna got lost in the flavors. If you have a piece of frozen 'fishy' tuna, it would do an ample camouflage job. Texture was the only hint you'd plated high quality tuna.

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  • on June 07, 2010

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    This recipe is also amazing using chicken instead of ahi. Just be sure it gets cooked throughout!

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  • on November 23, 2009

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    I look forward to serving this to guests. My husband and I loved it. We love anything spicy. I would cut the cayenne in half for guests that are sensitive to spicy foods. Does anyone have a suggestion for what starch to serve with it? I did a Multigrain Pilaf from Trader Joe's and sugar snap peas. The pilaf was also spicy so I'm looking for something different.

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