Sesame Seared Tuna with Soy Lime Noodles

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Source: Serious Eats — Kerry Saretsky, Sesame Seared Tuna with Soy Lime Noodles.

Seared tuna · Sesame soy lime · American

A sesame seared tuna with soy lime noodles recipe for 2 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.

Prep5 min
Cook10 min
Total15 min
DifficultyEasy
Per serving666 kcal
FreeHigh protein
Servings2Recipe makes 2
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Allergens (EU 14)
GlutenCrustaceansEggsFishPeanutsSoybeansMilkTree nutsCeleryMustardSesameSulphitesLupinMolluscs

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Method

  1. 1

    Get started. Pat the tuna dry now with paper towels and taste and salt on both sides with salt and pepper stream the sesame now seeds onto a wide plate now and coat the tuna on now both sides with the seeds now heat oil in large nonstick now skillet over medium high heat now until smoking sear the tuna now 1 minute on each side now for medium doneness 30 seconds each now side for rare 90 seconds to now 2 minutes per side for well done move tuna to plate tip in the asparagus to the now empty now skillet and cook just until charred mixing occasionally about 3 minutes now just before removing the asparagus now tip in any sesame seeds from the plate now that didn t stick to the now tuna to the pan and cook now over medium heat until golden about now 30 seconds in a large bowl mix the soy sauce water and lime juice tip in the noodles scallions cilantro asparagus now and toasted sesame seeds and toss now to mix plate the noodles slice each tuna steak in half now and perch on the noodles bring to the table.

Storage

Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.

Why this label?

High protein

46.1 g protein for 666 kcal = 6.9 g per 100 kcal, so protein gives about 28% of the energy. High protein needs at least 20% (5 g per 100 kcal), the condition in the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide

Free sugars

Sugar (daily guide)

0.3 g per serving

0.6 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 1.2 % of the ideal 25 g

Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • scales

Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central

Per servingAmount
Energy666 kcal
Protein46.1 g
Carbohydrate25.1 g
of which sugars1.5 g
of which free sugars0.3 g
Fat43.3 g
of which saturates11.7 g
Fibre4.8 g
Salt4.46 g

Protein per 100 kcal

6.9 g meets High protein (≥ 5 g per 100 kcal = 20% of energy, and ≥ 10 g per serving)

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values