Seared Ahi Tuna

The BF and I love fresh tuna - we rarely leave a sushi restaurant without ordering some sort of tuna dish. Basically if we see it on the menu it's going in our bellies. Before now, I'd never tried to make any sort of tuna dish at home because A) I'm lazy, and B) I never noticed it for sale where I shop.

The other day I saw fat steaks of Ahi at my grocery store, and I knew I had to try to make some sort of tuna dish for dinner. I decided to make a simple seared Ahi tuna as an appetizer, and I can't wait to make this again and again because it was delicious and incredibly easy to make. I love when that's the case.

Ingredients:

• 1 Ahi tuna steak
• 1 tsp minced fresh ginger
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil

 Directions:

1. Whisk the ginger, garlic, soy sauce, and sesame oil in a small bowl. Place the tuna in a bowl or dish and pour the marinade on top. Cover with plastic wrap and let the fish marinate in the fridge for up to one hour.
2. Preheat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 teaspoon each oil and butter to the pan and place the steak in the pan. Let it cook untouched for 3 minutes. Flip the tuna and sear an additional 3 minutes.
3. Remove the tuna from the pan onto a cutting board. Slice thinly into strips, then serve with soy sauce to dip the fish in.