Dinner for 2
Seared Tuna with Cucumber Salad
Sesame-crusted tuna cooks with rice and a crisp cucumber salad, then gets a creamy ginger soy sauce.
$23.75for 4 servings
$5.94 per serving$23.75 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
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- 30 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 2servings as written
- $$$typical cost tier
JapaneseDairy-freeHigh-proteinDinnersLunchesSummer
What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Canned tuna$0.30/oz typical | 10 oz | $3.00Typical price |
| Wild, basmati, jasmine, arborio rice$0.15/oz typical | 6.5 oz | $0.97Typical price |
| Nuts and seeds$0.70/oz typical | 0.75 oz | $0.59Typical price |
| Avocados$1.29 each typical | 1 | $1.29Typical price |
| Cucumbers$0.89 each typical | 1 | $0.89Typical price |
| Green onions$1.19 each typical | 0.25 | $0.42Typical price |
| Lemons and limes$0.60 each typical | 1.5 | $0.90Typical price |
| Garlic$0.75 each typical | 0.25 | $0.11Typical price |
| Fresh ginger$0.40/oz typical | 5.5 oz | $2.20Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $11.88 | |
Pantry staples you likely have
Dried herbs, spices and seasoning blendsSoy sauceCooking spray, shortening, ghee, coconut and sesame oilAsian sauces and pastesMustard, mayo, ketchup
Not included in the cost.
Ingredients
- 2 6-8 ounce yellowfin or bigeye tuna filets
- 1 cup jasmine rice
- 1 1/2 tbsp white sesame seeds
- 1 1/2 tbsp black sesame seeds
- 1 1/2 tbsp s blackening seasoning
- 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 avocado
- 1 cucumber
- 2 1/2 green onions
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 lime
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 lime
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 1/2 cloves garlic
- 5 1/2 inch fresh ginger
Steps
- Cook the jasmine rice in salted water according to the package timing, usually 15 to 20 minutes.
- Mix the cucumber, avocado, green onions, sesame oil, juice from half the lime, and salt in a bowl.
- Stir the mayonnaise, soy sauce, garlic, grated ginger, and remaining lime juice together for the sauce.
- Coat the tuna with blackening seasoning and both sesame seeds.
- Heat the oil in a skillet over high heat and sear the tuna for 3 to 4 minutes per side, until it reaches 145 F and flakes easily.
- Serve the tuna with the rice, cucumber salad, and ginger soy sauce.
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