Teriyaki Tuna Skewers

⏱ 25 mins 🍽 Serves 6 as part of a meal 🌶 japanese ✅ Easy 🏷 Side dish

These vibrant skewers offer a delightful combination of flavours and textures, perfect for sharing. Tuna steaks are marinated in a classic teriyaki sauce, then quickly seared to keep the centre tender and pink. They are threaded with fresh mango and spring onion for a sweet, crisp contrast. Ready in just 25 minutes, this dish works wonderfully as a starter, side, or part of a larger meal. The reduced marinade creates a delicious dipping sauce to accompany the warm or cold skewers.

Teriyaki Tuna Skewers

Ingredients

  • 30ml soy sauce
  • 50ml mirin (See know-how below)
  • 1 tsp vegetable oil
  • 1 mango peeled
  • 3 spring onions
  • 250g pack tuna steak

Method

  1. Combine the soy sauce, mirin and sugar in a shallow dish to create the teriyaki marinade. Place the tuna steaks in the dish, turning them to coat evenly, then refrigerate for at least 1 hr and up to 2 hrs.
  2. Heat a large frying pan. Remove the tuna from the marinade and pat it dry, then rub with the oil. Cook the tuna for 2 mins on each side until the centre remains pink. Take the tuna out, then pour the reserved marinade and 2-3 tbsp water into the pan. Bring the liquid to a boil and cook for a few mins. Pass the sauce through a sieve into a small bowl.
  3. Cut the cooked tuna, peeled mango and spring onions into bite-size pieces. Thread these components onto wooden skewers. Serve the skewers warm or chilled with the prepared dipping sauce on the side.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories116 kcal
Fat3 g
Saturates1 g
Carbs14 g
Sugars10 g
Fibre2 g
Protein11 g
Sodium384 mg

Recipe details

Skill levelEasy
CategorySide dish
Cuisinejapanese