Seared Tuna With Mango & Avocado salsa
Seared tuna with mango and avocado salsa is fresh and tasty. You can enjoy it cold or warm and it is perfect to serve at a buffet.
Ingredients
- 800 g Tuna steak (1,8lb)
- 1 tbsp Olive oil for skillet
Marinade
- 3 tbsp Sesame oil
- 2 tbsp Soy sauce
- ½ tsp Garlic powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Black pepper
Mango & Avocado Salsa
- 1 Mango ,ripe or 250 g (9 oz) frozen (defrosted)
- 1 Avocado big or 2 small
- 3 tbsp Onion red
- 1 Tomato
- 100 ml Cilantro (½ cup) chopped, loosely packed
- ½ Lime juice freshly squeezed
- ½ tsp Chili flakes
- 1 tbsp Olive oil extra virgin
- 2 tsp Balsamic vinegar
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 pinch Black pepper
- 1 tbsp Sesame seeds ,toasted
Instructions
Marinade
- Add all the ingredients for the marinade in a bowl.
- Put the tuna with the marinade in a plastic bag. Let it marinate for at least an hour or preferably overnight.
Mango & Avocado Salsa
- Toast sesame seeds. Place the seeds in a dry skillet over medium heat. With a spatula or wooden spoon, stir the sesame seeds until they turn golden. Be careful since the seeds will occasionally pop in the pan during toasting.
- Cut peeled and pitted mango, avocado into dices. Dice tomato. And add it to a bowl.
- Chop the onion and cilantro finely.
- Add chili flakes, sesame seeds, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lime juice, salt and pepper
- Combine the ingredients and cover with a plastic wrap. Let it rest in the refrigerator until serving.
Tuna
- Preheat skillet until really HOT. Add 1 tbsp olive oil. Sear it for one minute on each side.
- Let it rest on a cutting board for a few minutes and then cut it in slices.
Notes
Bon appétit