Tuna Steak With Wasabi Lime Aioli
Pan-cooked tuna steaks take 15 minutes or less to prepare. Pair with grilled pineapple or pineapple mango salsa. Then finish with a drizzle of wasabi lime aioli.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Protein
- Method: Stovetop
Ingredients
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Tuna Steaks
- 1 Tablespoon olive or coconut oil
- 6 ahi tuna steaks*
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Wasabi Aioli
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon wasabi
- Juice from 1/2 lime
Grilled Pineapple
- 6 – 1/4 inch slices fresh pineapple, peeled and cored**
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- May also use pineapple mango salsa instead.
Instructions
Tuna Steaks
- Heat large cast iron pan over medium heat.
- Add coconut oil to pan.
- Salt and pepper both sides of the tuna.
- Add tuna to pan.
- Cook for 4 minutes on each side for tuna that is cooked through but still moist.***
- Remove tuna from pan, but leave pan on medium heat.
Wasabi Lime Aioli
- Whisk the wasabi and lime juice into the mayonnaise and set to side.
Pineapple
- Sprinkle rings of pineapple with brown sugar (see note).**
- Add to pan you cooked tuna in.
- Fry pineapple on each side until slightly caramelized (see note).****
Notes
- *Use fresh or thawed fish.
- **May use canned pineapple rings, but do not add additional sugar before grilling.
- ***See here for how to pan sear tuna if you don’t want it well done.
- ****Frying the pineapple will take a couple minutes on each side if using fresh pineapple as you want to also cook it until slightly softened. It will only take 1-2 minutes if using canned pineapple as it is already softened from canning process.