Tuna Roll Salad
with seared ahi tuna / avocado / pickled ginger
This sushi-inspired salad was featured in 2020, but it has such a light fresh feel, we wanted to bring it back this spring.
Smarts: Ahi tuna is typically served rare or medium rare (bright pink in the center), but feel free to cook it to your liking.
Ingredients
- Seaweed, dried (opt) - for serving, thinly sliced
- Cucumbers - 8 oz, chopped
- Lettuce, romaine - 2 hearts, chopped
- Green onions - 2 stalks, chopped, green and white parts combined
- Avocados - 2, cubed
- Ahi tuna steaks - 1 lb
- Oil, cooking - 1 Tbsp
- Sesame seeds, white or black (opt) - 1 1/2 Tbsp
- Cashews - 1/4 cup
- Pickled ginger - 1/4 cup, drained
- Wasabi (opt) - for serving
- Ginger, fresh - 1 tsp, grated
- Garlic - 2 cloves, chopped
- Vinegar, rice - 1 1/2 Tbsp
- Soy sauce, low-sodium - 2 tsp
- Miso - 1 tsp
- Honey - 1 tsp
- Oil, toasted sesame - 1 tsp
- Oil, cooking - 2 1/2 Tbsp
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Prep
- Make dressing - Grate ginger and chop garlic. Combine ginger, garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, miso, honey, toasted sesame oil, and cooking oil (portion for dressing). Whisk until smooth. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Seaweed / Cucumbers / Lettuce / Green onions / Avocados - Prep as directed.
- Prep tuna - Rinse fish and pat dry. Season tuna steaks on both sides with some salt and pepper.
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Make
- Heat a large skillet with cooking oil (portion for salad) over medium heat.
- While skillet is heating up, pour sesame seeds into a shallow bowl or baking dish. Press tuna steaks into sesame seeds to coat on both sides.
- Transfer the sesame-coated tuna to heated skillet and sear on both sides (about 2 minutes per side for medium rare, 3 minutes per side for medium).
- When fish is cooked to your liking, transfer to a cutting board and let rest for a minute while you assemble the salad.
- Assemble salads by tossing cucumbers, lettuce, green onions, avocados, and cashews in half the dressing. Divide between serving bowls.
- Thinly slice tuna and place on top of salads. Finish salads with additional dressing if you’d like. Top with sliced seaweed and serve with some pickled ginger and wasabi.
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Most Helpful
Surprisingly easy! The dressing was delicious. We made it a rice bowl as the kids eat that better than salad. It may sound crazy, but I didn’t have sesame seeds only, so I used everything bagel seasoning blend on the tuna (and skipped other s+p seasoning) and it actually turned out really well!
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Dressing was great. Tuna was great. We liked this but we liked the poke bowl better and will probably do that again instead of a salad.
0 HelpfulI turned this into a sushi burrito bowl. Found fresh tuna poke at the store so ate that raw and added rice. Probably one of the best and fastest meals I’ve made in awhile.
0 HelpfulOutstanding! This nearly broke the bank (ahi tuna ain’t cheap, and we always round up for fish dishes), but this was so tasty and our serving sizes were perfect. Especially during the pandemic when we aren’t doing a lot of restaurant meals, it was nice to have something this fancy (but easy), even if the groceries cost a little more.
0 HelpfulThe ginger dressing is fantastic. We skipped the seaweed, but I'm not a huge fan of seaweed. It seems like a lighter version of the poke bowl.
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