Seared Ahi -avocado Salad

Total Time: 16 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 6 -8 ounces fresh ahi tuna (yellow fin tuna)
• 2/3 cup fresh cilantro leaves, finely chopped
• 5 teaspoons fresh ginger, grated
• 2 chili peppers (fresnos)
• 5 fresh garlic cloves, minced
• 2 limes, juiced
• 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce (plus a little extra)
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar (to cut some of the tartness of the limes)
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (plus a little extra)
• 1/2 cup scallion
• 2 avocados (ripe)
• 12 large shrimp
• 1 dash salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 brush your ahi with extra virgin olive oil and lightly salt and pepper each side.
• 2 sear your fresh ahi over a hot mesquite grill. this gives a wonderful flavor from the mesquite. 90 seconds on each side is sufficient. set aside to rest and cool.
• 3 -salsa-
• 4 in a medium bowl, add lime juice, ginger, olive oil, garlic, fresco chili, sugar, scallions, cilantro, and soy sauce. season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 5 -shrimp garnish-
• 6 clean and de-vein shrimp.
• 7 in a hot skillet, add a bit of olive oil. add shrimp and cook for 90 seconds, coat with a bit of soy sauce, flip and repeat.
• 8 -assembly-.
• 9 layer avocado on a small plate. slice ahi into 1/4" slabs against the grain. should yield about 12 slices. layer 4 slices on the avocado. add a ribbon of salsa along the center of the ahi. garnish with 4 pieces of shrimp on the outside.
• 10 enjoy!