Tuna Recipes
Queen Anne Tuna
Tuna steaks
4 tablespoons lite soy sauce
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 minced garlic clovesMix soy sauce, lemon juice and garlic and marinade tuna for at least 20 minutes. BBQ or grill fish 10 minutes per inch of thickness, basting with marinade.
Spicy Grilled Tuna
Fresh tuna is best in this dish. When grilling, look for firm tuna that will hold together when turned, or use a fish grilling basket.
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 shallot, minced
1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 pounds tuna filletIn a small mixing bowl, combine olive oil, salt, cayenne, lemon juice, shallot, cumin and cilantro. Place tuna in glass or ceramic dish. Pour marinade over tuna and marinate 1 hour in refrigerator, turning once. Brush grill with vegetable oil and heat to medium. Grill fish 4 to 5 minutes on each side. Garnish with cilantro sprigs and lemon wedges. Serves 4.
Penne with Tuna, Olives and Capers
4 potatoes
500g penne or rigatoni pasta
1 small red chili (optional)
20 small black olives
300g can tuna in olive oil
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp capers, rinsed
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 cup loosely packed basil or baby rocket leaves.Peel the potatoes and chop into 1 cm cubes. Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil and cook pasta and potatoes together until tender (about 10 minutes depending on brand of both potatoes and pasta!). In the meantime, finely mince the chilli and stone the olives if you can be bothered.! Drain the tuna but reserve its own oil. Heat olive oil in a pan and add the tuna, olives, chilli and capers, and toss well until everything is hot. When the pasta and potatoes are cooked, drain them and add to the sauce with the basil or rocket leaves and most of the tuna oil. Add sea salt and pepper, toss well over heat until leaves wilt. Serves four.
Tuna Steak Adobado
2 tuna steaks
3 ancho chilies
3 minced garlic cloves
1/2 tsp oregano
dash black pepper
1/4 tsp cumin
1/8 tsp ground cloves
4 Tbsp red wine
1 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp olive oilToast ancho chilies and then seed them. Break into pieces and rehydrate them in 1 cup water in microwave at high heat for 2 minutes. Let sit for 5 minutes. Save cup of soaking liquid and place it in processor with chilies, and all other ingredients except tuna and oil. Pulse to mix, then strain. Heat oil in small skillet and sauté Chile adobado until it thickens. Slather on tuna steaks and marinate 1-3 hours in refrigerator. Grill on BBQ or under broiler.
