Grilled Tuna with Tomato/Tarragon Mayonnaise
Total time: 25 minutes
Good tuna doesn't need much fussing: a bit of fruity olive oil, quickly cooked on the barbecue grill and finished with some freshly ground black pepper. In case you didn't know - the very dark part of the tuna is fat, and can taste quite 'fishy'. I don't remove it but I also don't eat it - personal preference. Serve with Tomato Tarragon Mayo on the side for added interest.
Ingredients:
- 2 nice tuna steaks, 350gr, 12.5oz yellowfin
- 1 tbs olive oil, 13.5gr, .48oz
- black pepper
- Tomato Tarragon Mayonnaise
- 1 ripe tomato, 200gr, 7oz
- 1 1/2 tbs fresh tarragon, snipped substitute 2 tsp dried
- 1 1/2 tbs fresh chives, snipped substitute 2 tsp dried
- 1 clove garlic, 3gr, .1oz
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise, 59gr, 2.1oz
Instructions:
- Brush both sides of tuna with oil. Cook on barbecue over medium-high heat either in a basket or on a mesh grill pan. You could do it directly on the grill but make certain the grill is clean or the fish will stick. If it is good, sushi-grade tuna (which, of course, it will be) we like it medium rare so we cook it 2 - 4 minutes per side. For more well-done cook it 6 - 8 minutes per side but try not to overcook or it becomes dry. For well-done it should just start to flake easily.
- You can also broil it for 4 - 6 minutes per side or sauté in a nonstick skillet for 4 - 7 minutes per side. All times depend on thickness of tuna and how well-done you want it - you may have to adjust up or down.
- Remove tuna from heat, sprinkle with black pepper and serve, Tomato Mayonnaise on the side.
- Tomato Tarragon Mayonnaise
- Chop tomato, mince garlic and snip herbs: hold leaves in one hand and snip with a scissors.
- Put into a small bowl and add mayonnaise. Mix well and serve.
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| Nutrition Information Recipe serves 2 Entire Recipe / per serving Calories: 765 / 382.5 Total Carbohydrates: 23 / 11.5 Dietary Fiber: 3 / 1.5 Total Fat: 212 / 106 Saturated Fat: 3 / 1.5 Cholesterol: 174 / 87 Protein: 84 / 42 Calcium: 89 / 44.5 Sodium: 560 / 280 |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Note: Yellowfin tuna is significantly lower in fat and calories than bluefin.
Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library:http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/
