How To Make Ahi Tuna Watermelon Salad
Quench your summer thirst with this juicy and savory ahi tuna watermelon salad made with ingredients that burst flavors right in your taste buds!
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking:
Marinate Time: 50 minutes
Total: 1 hour
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1lbsushi-grade tuna
- 2½tbspsoy sauce,or GF soy sauce, coconut aminos for Paleo or whole30
- 2½tspfresh lime juice
- 1tbspgrapeseed oil
- 1tspsesame oil
- 1tsphoney
- ¾tspfresh ginger,minced
- 1tspgarlic,minced
- ⅛tspred pepper flakes
- 2cupswatermelon,half-inch cubes
- 1Persian cucumber,sliced ⅛-inch thick with mandolin, rolled tight
- 1shallot,finely sliced, for garnish
- cilantro,or cilantro micro greens for garnish
Instructions
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Using a very sharp knife, trim away any skin from the tuna fillet. Cut the tuna into ¼-inch cubes and place in a bowl.
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In a medium bowl, whisk soy sauce, lime juice, oil, sesame oil, honey, garlic, ginger, and red pepper flakes.
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Pour over tuna, then add salt to taste. Marinate for at least 45 to 50 minutes in the refrigerator.
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Divide the tuna into 4 plates. Place a few watermelon cubes around then add the cucumber.
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Garnish with shallots and cilantro. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 214.18kcal
- Fat: 5.32g
- Saturated Fat: 0.71g
- Trans Fat: 0.02g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.17g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.09g
- Carbohydrates: 11.74g
- Fiber: 1.09g
- Sugar: 7.90g
- Protein: 29.59g
- Cholesterol: 44.23mg
- Sodium: 604.79mg
- Calcium: 25.85mg
- Potassium: 734.68mg
- Iron: 1.51mg
- Vitamin A: 51.85µg
- Vitamin C: 9.94mg
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