Grilled Southwest Tuna

Tasty moist and tender. This was my first time doing tuna other than that associated with a can opener.  We somewhat inherited two tuna steaks that need to be used. Most of the recipes were shall I say fancy. The CI recipe only was a oil marinade for several hours followed with salt and pepper and looked like a good start but I wanted some flavor. Fine Cooking had a southwest that would do just fine but they just brushed on the spiced oil rub and cooked in 5 minutes. I combined the ideas and let it marinade for several hours.

Results   9.4  Taste 9.2  Ease 9.5 Moist and Tender 9.5  The wife says to make this anytime.

Tools: nothing special

Ingredients:

2 Tuna steaks ( I used thawed 6 oz yellow fin)
2 cloves garlic
3 T olive oil
1 t cumin
1 t lime juice
1/2 t salt
1/2 t pepper
pinch of cayenne

Instructions:

1) Combine all ingredients except tuna in a 1 gallon zip lock bag and mix well.

2) Add tuna and coat well. Refigerate for 1-4 hours.
3) Preheat grill on high for 15 minutes, clean and  oil well.
4) Grill for 3 minutes per side.

 

Grilled Southwest Tuna

by DrDan at 101 Cooking For Two July 2, 2010

Tasty moist and tender. This was my first time doing tuna other than that associated with a can opener. We somewhat inherited two tuna steaks that need to be used. Most of the recipes were shall I say fancy. The CI recipe only was a oil marinade for several hours followed with salt and pepper and looked like a good start but I wanted some flavor. Fine Cooking had a southwest that would do just fine but they just brushed on the spiced oil rub and cooked in 5 minutes. I combined the ideas and let it marinade for several hours.

Ingredients

2 Tuna steaks ( I used thawed 6 oz yellow fin)2 cloves garlic 3 T olive oil1 t cumin1 t lime juice1/2 t salt1/2 t pepper pinch of cayenne

Instructions

1) Combine all ingredients except tuna in a 1 gallon zip lock bag and mix well.2) Add tuna and coat well. Refigerate for 1-4 hours.3) Preheat grill on high for 15 minutes, clean and oil well.4) Grill for 3 minutes per side.

Details

Prep time: 1 hour Cook time: 6 mins Total time: 1 hour 6 mins Yield: 2 servings

Updated

April 26, 2011