Seared Tuna Steak

Seared Tuna Steak large icon Tuna is a meaty fish with very little fat, making it a substantial and healthy dish. It requires very little cooking to get the best out of it.

Ingredients

  • 150g Tuna Steak (1 × per person, at least 1½cm thick)
  • 1 teaspoon Olive Oil
  • Preparation Time: 1 minutes
  • Cooking Time: ime: 2 minutes
  • Serves: ves: n/a

Method

  1. Cover each tuna steak with the oil and season with salt & pepper.
    oiling the fish
  2. Heat up a dry frying pan or, preferably, griddle pan over a high heat. When the pan is hot, put in the tuna steaks.
    frying one side
  3. Fry each steak on one side for 1 minute before turning them over and frying them on the other side for a further 1 minute.
    frying the other side
  4. Remove the tuna steaks from the pan immediately.
  5. Serve. We served it with a warm oriental salad and a sauce vierge.
    the finished pesto

Useful Information

Can it be Frozen? No.

Can it be prepared in advance? No.

Will leftovers be nice? Yes, if eaten cold, for up to 1 day.

Notes

  • To get the best out of a fresh (and it really does need to be fresh) tuna steak, it should always be cooked to very rare. It is very easy to over-cook tuna due to the leanness of the meat.
  • As an alternative, you can cook this and then, once it has been chilled, thinly slice it and eat it cold.