phew, the long weekend of over eating, drinking, sleeping in, has come to an end. although, i loved every single second, minute and hour of it, my waistline has thrown in the towel. i am full. really, really full. when my family gets together - it is full steam ahead. we graze all day, pour cocktails early, eat heavenly desserts and then do it all over again. i love it. tempted by one more night of firing up the grill and eating a burger, a dog, more ribs, a boston butt, pulled pork, anything carnivorous, i opted for tuna. aaahh... so glad i did. and aaahh... yes it was ahi tuna. i went to whole foods and they had this huge fillet of tuna, 15 pounds or so - i knew deep down i was going to get a portion - it was absolutely gorgeous! i walked by it several times - circling from the seafood display to the meat display - contemplating another piece of beef. but, ultimately i decided on tuna. simple seared tuna. and let me tell you, it was so so good. this meal took me about 5 minutes to put it all together. start to finish. start with making a simple dressing/sauce.
in a small bowl, mix together:
the juice of 2 limes, 1/4 cup of soy sauce, mince 2 cloves of garlic, 1 teaspoon of ginger and 1 jalapeno ( i didn't have any jalapeno, so i used a pinch of red pepper flakes), a handful of fresh cilantro (didn't have any of that either, so i used basil) a pinch of sugar, olive oil, salt and pepper.
heat a skillet and add 1-2 tablespoons of oil until simmering. salt and pepper the tuna and sear for one minute, flip, and sear for another minute. put about half of the dressing over the tuna to coat and pull out of skillet. slice into bite size pieces and serve with some avocado and the remaining dressing. if you are not comfortable with eating the tuna rare, it will still taste good!
