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Pan-seared tuna steak with tomato salad

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By Tom · Updated

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  • About 16 min
  • Easy

Salads should be vibrant, colourful and packed full of flavour. So take your tuna salads to the next level with this Pan-Seared tuna steak and fresh tomato salad with lime, chilli & coriander salsa. In this post, we show you how to make this recipe and step up your salad game for summer.

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The recipe

Pan-seared tuna steak with tomato salad

Salads should be vibrant, colourful and packed full of flavour.

  • 15 min prep
  • 1 min cooking
  • Easy

Times and difficulty are our estimates from the method, not stopwatch figures.

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  1. Step 1

    Begin by slicing the tomatoes (500 g) using a sharp knife. Randomly arrange the tomato slices onto a plate until the full plate is completely covered. Set to one side while you make the salsa.

  2. Step 2

    To make the salsa, roughly chop the coriander (1 coriander), including the stalks and place into a mixing bowl. Next, remove the seeds and finely chop the chillies (2 chillies) and add them to the bowl followed by 150ml of the extra virgin olive oil (200 ml).

  3. Step 3

    Now, take your limes (2) and squeeze the juice into the salsa.

  4. Step 4

    Next, peel the ginger (1 ginger) and two cloves of garlic (2 garlic). Grate both the ginger and garlic into the mixing bowl using a fine grater or Microplane. Season with salt and pepper and give the salsa a good stir.

  5. Step 5

    Drizzle the tuna steak (1 steak) with a splash of extra virgin olive oil (200 ml) and massage it to coat the whole steak. Season generously with salt and pepper. Place the steak into a smoking hot frying pan and cook on each side for 1 minute. Cook for longer if you prefer your tuna well done.

  6. Step 6

    Remove the tuna steak (1 steak) from the pan and allow it to rest on a plate. While still warm cover the tuna with the coriander (1 coriander) and lime (2) salsa.

  7. Step 7

    Next take the plate of tomatoes (500 g) and drizzle with salsa, followed by a light sprinkle of salt and pepper. Slice up the tuna steak (1 steak) and place it onto the tomatoes. Drizzle more of the salsa over the sliced tuna and scatter with a few sprigs of coriander (1 coriander).

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How long does pan-seared tuna steak with tomato salad take?

About 16 min from start to finish, of which 15 min is prep and 1 min is cooking. That figure is worked out from the method rather than timed with a stopwatch, so give yourself a little more the first time.

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