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Seared Ahi Tuna and Dipping Sauces

Very quick cooking grilled Tuna with wonderful sauces
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Resting (sauces) 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 4 6 oz each Ahi tuna steaks
  • olive oil // salt // white pepper

Wasabi Sauce

  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1 cup cilantro chopped
  • ½ cup butter
  • ¼ cup ~ 2 medium shallots, minced
  • 2 TBS white wine vinegar
  • 1 TBS wasabi paste
  • 1 TBS soy sauce

Spicy Ponzu Sauce

  • ½ cup soy sauce
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 1 tsp Sriracha sauce
  • pinch sugar
  • freshly ground black pepper

Instructions
 

Wasabi Sauce

  • Combine wine, white wine vinegar, and shallots in a saucepan over medium heat. Simmer to reduce to about 4 TBS. Strain out the shallots and discard.
  • Add wasabi and soy sauce to mixture and reduce the heat. Slowly add butter while stirring until completely mixed. Stir in cilantro and remove from heat. Set aside.

Spicy Ponzu Sauce:

  • Whisk together all ingredients. Let sit at room temperature for at least 30 mins.

Tuna Steaks

  • Preheat grill as hot as you can get it. Brush tuna steaks with olive oil. Season with salt and white pepper and place onto the grill.
  • Grill for 90 seconds then flip and continue grilling for 90 seconds more.