Seared Tuna with Wasabi Green Onion BBQ Sauce

Name: Seared Tuna with Wasabi Green Onion BBQ Sauce
Yield: feeds 4
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons wasabi powder; 4 teaspoons plus 1/4 cup water; 2 tablespoons peanut oil; 2 huge cloves garlic, chopped; 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger; Pinch each of kosher salt and black pepper; 1 1/4 cups Mutha Sauce (page 165); 1/4 cup soy sauce; 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar; 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil; 3/4 cup sliced scallions, green part only; 4 tuna steaks, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches thick (about 1 1/2 pounds total); 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 teaspoon five-spice powder; Kosher salt and black pepper

January 24, 2012

The tickle factor in this dish comes from the wasabi—Japanese horseradish. You can find it in the Asian section of your supermarket. And since we’re cookin’ in an Asian mode, we like the tuna served nice and rare, almost like sushi.

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