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🍽️ Tuna steak with pepper crust and fresh melon salsa

487 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 600 g tuna fillet (whole piece)
• 5 tbsp lime juice
• 4 tbsp light soy sauce
• 0.5 honeydew melon (e.g. cantaloupe)
• 1 red chili pepper
• 1 white onion
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 piece ginger (walnut-sized)
• 3 sprigs basil
• 4 tbsp light sesame oil
• 5 tbsp peppercorns (black and white mixed)
• lime wedges (for garnish)

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the tuna steak under cold water.
2. 2. Pat the fish completely dry with a kitchen towel.
3. 3. Pour two tablespoons of lime juice over the fish.
4. 4. Add two tablespoons of soy sauce.
5. 5. Let the fish marinate for a few minutes.
6. 6. Peel the melon and remove the seeds.
7. 7. Cut the melon into very small cubes.
8. 8. Halve the chili pepper lengthwise.
9. 9. Remove the seeds from the chili pepper.
10. 10. Rinse the chili pepper.
11. 11. Cut the chili pepper into thin strips.
12. 12. Peel the onion.
13. 13. Peel the garlic.
14. 14. Peel the ginger.
15. 15. Finely chop the onion, garlic, and ginger.
16. 16. Set aside some chili strips for decoration.
17. 17. Place the diced melon in a bowl.
18. 18. Add the remaining chili strips to the melon.
19. 19. Add the chopped onion.
20. 20. Add the chopped garlic.
21. 21. Add the chopped ginger.
22. 22. Mix all salsa ingredients in the bowl.
23. 23. Wash the basil.
24. 24. Shake the basil dry.
25. 25. Save about eight basil leaves for decoration.
26. 26. Finely chop the remaining basil.
27. 27. Add one tablespoon of sesame oil to the melon mixture.
28. 28. Stir the chopped basil into the melon mixture.
29. 29. Add about three tablespoons of lime juice to the salsa.
30. 30. Add two tablespoons of soy sauce to the salsa.
31. 31. Season the melon salsa with lime juice and soy sauce.
32. 32. Grind the peppercorns coarsely in an electric chopper.
33. 33. Pour the ground pepper onto a plate.
34. 34. Turn the marinated fish steak all around in the pepper.
35. 35. Press the pepper firmly onto the fish.
36. 36. Heat three tablespoons of sesame oil in a wide pan.
37. 37. Fry the fish steak over high heat.
38. 38. Fry the fish for two to three minutes on all sides.
39. 39. Remove the fish steak from the pan.
40. 40. Spread some melon salsa onto the plates.
41. 41. Slice the fish steak.
42. 42. Place the fish slices on the salsa.
43. 43. Garnish the dish with lime wedges.
44. 44. Garnish the dish with the remaining chili strips.
45. 45. Garnish the dish with the saved basil leaves.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 487
• Protein: 34 g · Fett/Fat: 35 g · Carbs: 10 g