Dinner for One - Tuna Melts

Jamie was out so I wanted to make a simple dinner for myself. Of course, it turned a little more complicated, but into a delicious special dinner for one. Great for dinner or lunch. If you don't have all the extra ingredients (carrot, radish, etc) that's fine. You want the onion or some scallions or something for crunch and flavor, and the rest adds a nice crunch too but you don't need to go buy a million ingredients if you don't have them. 

Tuna kebabs

These kebabs are delicious. The marinade is so flavorful - with sesame oil, ginger, chilies... It's pretty easy and you only need to marinate the tuna for half an hour. Big people pleaser! I found the recipe here on epicurious.
Serves 5
Ingredients:
2 pounds tuna cut into 1 inch squares
1/3 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
1/3 cup finely grated peeled fresh ginger
1/3 cup peanut oil (or vegetable/canola oil)
1/3 cup Asian sesame oil
4 tablespoons soy sauce
4 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro, plus more to sprinkle on top at the end
2 serrano chile, minced (seeded if you don't want too much heat)
Freshly ground pepper
2 large red bell peppers, cut into 1-inch squares
2 large sweet onions (such as Maui or Vidalia), cut into 1-inch squares
wooden or metal skewers




Directions:
Whisk first 8 ingredients in a bowl.  Add tuna and let marinate for 30-45 minutes in the fridge. Drizzle a little sesame oil and rice vinegar over the onions and peppers and toss with a little salt and pepper. Remove the tuna from the marinade and save the marinade! Alternate onion, pepper, tuna, onion, pepper, tuna with 2-3 cubes on each skewer. Get a grill or grill pan screaming hot and cook the tuna for about a minute on each side, more if you want it more well done. Drizzle with the marinade and top with cilantro.