Another Comfort Meal: Tuna Salad made Tastier
Friday, March 6th, 2009It is no surprise to people that have friends over for dinner, that the guests tend to hang out in the kitchen with the host. It is because the kitchen exudes comfort and childhood memories of family gatherings. Well here is a recipe for a simple dinner for a small dinner party of four (four servings). No need for meat grinders or meat slicers.
1. Rub tuna steaks with 1 teaspoon olive oil and sprinkle with ½ teaspoon each salt and pepper. Set aside.
2. For the dressing, combine lime juice, honey, remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil sesame oil , ginger, and remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Whick the combined ingredients.
3. Prepare to cook (we have some great deals on cookware; coupon codes : comfortchannel5): Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add tuna cook 3 minutes without disturbing. Turn and cook 2 minutes more or to desired degree of doneness. Transfer to a cutting board slice into ½ inch thick pieces, place 1.5 cups greens on each of 4 plates. Top each salad with ¼ of the sliced tuna add even amounts of snap peas scallions, and sesame seeds, drizxelevenly with dressing.
Serving size if one fillet. And ¼ salad.
The prep time is 15 minutes. Cooks 5 minutes. Makes 4 servings. Need 4 ahi tuna steaks (yellowfin or ahi, no bluefin). 1 inch thick. 3 teaspoons of virgin olive oil., 3 tablespoons of lime juice. 4 teaspoons honey, 1 teaspoon of sesame oil. ½ teaspoon minces ginger, 6 cups of salad greens, 1.5 cups of sugar snap peas, trimmed, ½ cups thiny sliced scallions. 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds.
