Seared Tuna Bowls w/ Honey Ginger Dressing
Seared Tuna Bowls are easy to throw together any night of the week. Tuna Steaks marinade in the Honey Ginger Dressing while you prep the veggies and cook the rice. Then you simply cook the tuna to your liking and they’re ready to serve! Seared Tuna Bowls w/ Honey Ginger Dressing are great during the warm weather months, or when need to bring the warm weather to you!
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Seared Tuna Steaks
You may be wondering what kind of tuna you need for this recipe!? Tuna, like anything else, comes in many varieties and certain varieties are better prepared certain ways. Lucky for you, tuna steaks that are sold in most grocery stores are yellowfin tuna. Yellowfin is what I use regularly and I buy them frozen since fresh tuna isn’t readily available where I live. Yellowfin Tuna is also what you see served in many poke bowls and sushi restaurants which is why I also love it. It’s also worth knowing the yellowfin & ahi tuna are the same thing. So if your tuna package says yellowfin or ahi it’s all the same. If you have the luxury of getting you hands on fresh Bluefin Tuna and you want to use it here you certainly can!
Honey Ginger Dressing & Marinade
The Honey Ginger Dressing serves as both a dressing and a marinade in this recipe. It’s sweet, with a nice kick from the ginger which makes me want to put it on everything! You can adjust the ginger to your liking which is the great part about making the sauce yourself. My mother doesn’t love ginger like I do, so I also keep her in mind when cooking with it. Finding the prefect balance between honey and ginger might require some adjusting. All honey taste different so you may need to adjust by using a little more or less depending on how pronounced you want the flavor to be. I personally cook with local honey which is very different from spring to fall. That’s the great thing about cooking; you never have to do things exactly the same each time for it to come out delicious. Anyway you might want to make an extra batch of this dressing to keep on hand! I love having it with salad or vegetables throughout the week.
Eat Your Tuna To You Liking
Whenever I make tuna at home or order out I like my tuna rare. It’s a much different flavor than the fully cooked tuna that comes out if a can or jar. Many grocery stores sell tuna steaks frozen, which makes them perfectly safe to eat rare. Freezing fish kills any parasites there might be which is why I like to use frozen as well. If you’re using fresh then go for high quality, that looks shiny, translucent, and doesn’t smell fishy. No matter which option you choose, just be sure to cook it to your liking. Recipes are just guidelines. In this recipe I only cook the tuna long enough to sear both sides. If you want the fish more done the just cook it longer. It’s really that simple!
Use Any Veggies You Want
The last thing I’ll say is you can use any vegetables you want in these Seared Tuna Bowls w/ Honey Ginger Dressing. I developed this recipe in the dead of winter when I was missing sunshine and eating at our favorite sushi restaurant. So the vegetables reflect what I had available! You can give it more of a sushi or poke bowl inspired feel by adding cucumbers and edamame. I just wanted to keep it simple with carrots, avocado, green onions. Those are ingredients I always have and I find great to use all year long. The addition of furikake is so fun and flavorful and I highly recommend adding it to your spice cabinet! Furikake can be found at any Asian Market, grocery store, or you can order it online.
I hope you make and love these Seared Tuna Bowls w/ Honey Ginger Dressing. If you make this recipe please leave a comment below and let me know what you think.
Seared Tuna Bowls w/ Honey Ginger Dressing
Ingredients
Honey Ginger Dressing
- 1/3 cup Honey
- 2-3 inch Knob of Ginger, peeled & sliced
- 1 small garlic clove, roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 1/3 cup Rice Wine Vinegar
- 1 tsp Toasted Sesame Oil
- 1/3 cup Neutral Flavored Oil Avocado or Vegetable oil
- Pinch of Salt
- Pinch of Pepper
Seared Tuna Bowls
- 4 Ahi Tuna Steaks thawed, dry
- 2 Medium Carrots, shredded
- 4-6 Green Onions, thinly sliced
- 1 Large Avocado, thinly sliced
- 2 cups Cooked Rice white, brown, any kind you like
- Furikake Seasoning to taste
- 2 tbsp Honey Ginger Dressing, plus more for serving
Instructions
Make Honey Ginger Dressing
- Add all ingredients, except for your neutral oil, to a blender and blend for 1-2 minutes until smooth and ginger is well incorporated.
- Once ingredients are well combine add oil to the blender and blend for another 15-30 seconds until it well combined. Taste dressing and adjust seasoning as needed.
- Transfer dressing to a jar for storing.
Marinade Tuna Steaks
- Add about 2 tbsp of the Honey Ginger Dressing to a large shallow dish.
- Places tuna steaks into the dish with the marinade making sure to toss and coat both sides of the fish.
- Cover dish with plastic wrap and place the fish into the fridge to marinate for 30 minutes up to 2 hours.
Cook Rice & Chop Vegetables
- While the fish is marinating I set my rice to cook in my rice cooker if I don't have any cooked already.
- Thinly slice the green onions, avocado, and carrots and set aside. Be sure to keep them separate so people can have as little or as much as they like.
Sear The Tuna
- After 30 minutes, preheat a large skillet over medium high heat.
- One the pan is hot, add in about a tbsp of oil followed by the carrots. Quickly sauté them for about 2 minutes until slightly soften. This step is optional, feel free to leave the carrots raw if you prefer. Remove carrots from the pan and set aside.
- Add 1-2 more tbsp of oil and then add the tuna steaks to the pan. Sear on one side for about 2 minutes.
- Flip tuna steaks and cook for an additional 1 minutes on the other side.
- Remove tuna Steaks from the pan and allow them to rest for about 5 minutes before slicing.
Assemble Bowls & Enjoy
- Divide rice among serving bowls.
- Topped each bowl with tuna, carrots, green onions, and sliced avocado to your liking.
- Finish each bowl with a generous sprinkle of Furikake seasoning and a drizzle of Honey Ginger Dressing. Serve with extra dressing on the side! Enjoy!