We occasionally buy these frozen pieces of tuna when they are on sale. Two 7-ounce portions at $5 each make a fancy but economical meal for the three of us. John marinates the tuna briefly in soy sauce and presses sesame seeds into the fish. He cooks it very briefly in a hot pan, only a couple of minutes on each side. While he is working on the fish I reheat some pre-made rice and briefly steam the vegetables. I have already put together a sauce for the vegetables.

Here is what I am thinking about the result of the vegetables. Steaming them for a couple of minutes and the reheating them with the sauce made the vegetables over-cooked. I tried using a stir-fry sauce that I found on NYTimes Cooking but I wasn’t happy with the results. The vegetables were just cooked too much in a sauce that did not taste particularity Asian. It is back to the drawing board for this dinner.