Seared Ahi Tuna with Blackberry-Passion Fruit Marinade

This is a great summer dish. The marinade is great for grilling tuna, too. I usually serve this with a spinach salad with my passion fruit-dijon vinaigrette or my fennel salad. You can serve it with steamed white rice or over lettuce, thinly sliced cabbage, or fennel. Pair it with a passion fruit lemonade, a fruity cocktail, or a glass of light and fruity wine.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 227 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 pinch ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• ½ cup passion fruit juice
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley
• 3 blackberries
• 1 pinch sea salt
• 4 (6 ounce) ahi tuna steaks
• ½ stalk green onion, thinly sliced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Crush blackberries in a bowl until smooth. Add passion fruit juice, soy sauce, lemon juice, honey, parsley, sea salt, and pepper and stir until marinade is thoroughly mixed.

Step 2

Place tuna in a glass dish and pour marinade over top; flip several times to coat. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Step 3

Remove tuna from the marinade and shake off excess. Discard the remaining marinade.

Step 4

Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high to high heat. Sear tuna in the hot skillet for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes per side.

Step 5

Remove from the skillet and slice into 1/4-inch thick slices.