Name: Seared tuna and avo salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Accompaniment
Ingredients: 500 g tuna yellowfin; lettuce; cucumber; cherry tomatoes; 1 spring onions; 2 avocado; 2 Tbs fresh chillies 573; 1 Tbs fish sauce; 1 Tbs lemon juice; 1 Tbs sweet chilli sauce; 1 tsp lime juice; 1 tsp soy sauce; naartjies zest only; 1/2 tsp fresh chillies chopped; 1/2 tsp garlic chopped; 1/2 tsp fresh ginger finely chopped

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Ingredients (16)

500 g	tuna — yellowfin
	lettuce
	cucumber
	cherry tomatoes
1	spring onions
2	avocado

For the dressing:

2 Tbs	fresh chillies — 573
1 Tbs	fish sauce
1 Tbs	lemon juice
1 Tbs	sweet chilli sauce
1 tsp	lime juice
1 tsp	soy sauce
	naartjies — zest only
1/2 tsp	fresh chillies — chopped
1/2 tsp	garlic — chopped
1/2 tsp	fresh ginger — finely chopped

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Method:

Mix all the ingredients for the salad dressing together and set aside.
Halve the cherry tomatoes, cut the cucumber into thin chips and prepare the salad on a flat platter using the lettuce, cherry tomatoes and cucumber.
Chop the spring onion and slice the avos, then set aside.
Cut the tuna into two 250g steaks. Season the tuna with salt and olive oil.
Heat a pan with a dash of olive oil in it and once hot, drop the tuna into the pan.
Sear the steaks – about 2 minutes on either side.
Remove from heat and cut the steaks into thin slices.
Layer the seared tuna slices and avo over the salad, add the chopped spring onion and drizzle some salad dressing over the top.

Reprinted with permission of Chef Dom
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