Try making this delicious seared sesame-crusted tuna, with mashed cucumbers, avocado, coriander, and soy-sesame dressing. The dish was created by The Siam Hotel’s Executive Chef Blair Mathieson.

Serves 2

Ingredients

• 2 Tuna steaks (approx 80gm each) 
• Olive oil for cooking fish
• Sea salt flakes
• Ground black pepper
• 50g black & white sesame seeds to coat tuna
• 100g Japanese cucumber (Seeded & chopped into 3cm chunks) 
• 1⁄4 hass avocado
• 10 sprigs of coriander
• 100 ml soy-sesame dressing

Soy-Sesame Dressing (Approx 10 portions)

• 200ml light soy sauce
• 20ml sesame oil
• 20ml rice vinegar
• 15g white sugar
• 20g white & black sesame seeds
• 40ml olive oil
• 5gm cracked black pepper

Whisk all ingredients together & store in the fridge for up to 3 months

Method

1. Place cucumber pieces into a mortar & pound to release juices
2. Toss through avocado & soy-sesame dressing
3. Set aside
4. Season tuna with salt & pepper & crust in sesame seeds on all sides
5. Heat a nonstick pan on medium heat, add a splash of olive oil & seal until a nice crust forms
6. Remove tuna from pan
7. Place cucumber salad in a serving bowl & add coriander sprigs
8. Slice tuna & place over the top & drizzle with remaining dressing

For more recipes, check out:

• Japanese Tuna Salad With Bonito Dressing
• Chef And Author Matt Moran’s Salmon Gravlax Recipe
• Luke Hines’ Seafood Fiery Fish Curry Recipe
• Try Ellie Bullen’s Vegan Salt And Pepper Kalamari Recipe
• Silky Umami Eggs on Rice
• Smoked Mango With Lime And Coconut Recipe