AHI TUNA LOLLIPOPS

From the kitchen of Chefs Chris Jones & Sung Park, Seafood Unlimited

Appetizer | 4 Servings

Ingredients

2 pieces 4 oz ahi tuna (cut each piece into 4 pieces)

1/2 c flour

1 cup buttermilk

1/2 cup panko crumbs

Instructions

Oil for frying

Sweet chili sauce (available in most markets)

3 bowls

8 bamboo skewers

Fill one bowl with the flour, one bowl with buttermilk and one bowl with the panko crumbs. Take the 8 pieces of tuna and lightly dust them in the flour. Then dip into the buttermilk. Then place a couple at a time into the bowl with the panko crumbs. Cover all the tuna with the panko crumbs. Press panko into the tuna. Repeat until all the tuna is done.

On the stove heat an inch of oil. Once it is hot add tuna you will be browning the panko. You only want to cook the tuna a few seconds on each side. When they are done add skewer serve with sweet chili sauce.