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seared tuna & avocado with soy sauce

Name: Seared Tuna & Avocado with Soy Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 10 1/2 ounces raw tuna; 2 ripe avocados; 4 garlic cloves; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; 4 teaspoons sugar; 3 tablespoons potato starch (katakuriko); 2 tablespoons olive oil

Serves: 4
Calories: 155 kcal
Total Time: 10 m
- Prep: 5 m
- Cook: 5 m
Japanese: Maguro to abokado no shōyu-itame

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ingredients:

10 1/2 ounces raw tuna
2 ripe avocados
4 garlic cloves
2 tablespoons soy sauce
4 teaspoons sugar
3 tablespoons potato starch (katakuriko)
2 tablespoons olive oil

step 1:

Cut the tuna into bite-size pieces. Cut the avocado in half lengthwise, then peel. Cut each half into 1/2 in. wide slices.

step 2:

Dust the avocado slices lightly with a little potato starch (katakuriko).

step 3:

Slice the garlic. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a low flame and sear the sliced garlic.

step 4:

After the sliced garlic changes color, sear the tuna for a couple of minutes.

step 5:

Add the avocado and sear on both sides for a total of a minute.

step 6:

Add the sugar and soy sauce and sear one more minute.

comment:

It is said in Japan that avocado resembles the taste of raw tuna, and there is a popular raw tuna and avocado dish in Japan. However, this is a unique dish because both the tuna and avocado are seared so people who do not like raw tuna can eat this delicious dish.

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