Borrowed From: Gill, Louisiana, USA (Thanks)
Comments: Preparation time: 1 hour
Fresh tuna fish tastes nothing like the canned variety.
Tuna's rich flavored flesh has been celebrated for ages. Ancient Greeks no only savored it, but wrote poems about tuna. The Incas fished for tuna in reed boats off the coast of Peru.
Today, Americans consume more tuna than any other fish, although most of it is of the canned variety.
Tuna fillets and steaks should have a fresh odor and a firm, moist texture.
Tightly wrap fresh fish and store into the coldest part of the refrigerator; use within 2 days.
Double-wrapped, frozen fish will keep for 6 months.
All tuna has dark red streaks running down both sides. This meat is of a more intense flavor; if removed before cooking, the tuna will taste milder.
Try if fresh!
Servings: 4
  • 1/4 cup [60 mL] light soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] dark sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] freshly minced ginger
  • 1 scallion, sliced thin
  • 4 [8-ounce / 227-g each] tuna steaks
  • Salt to taste
  • Whisk together soy sauce, dark sesame oil, rice wine vinegar, minced garlic, minced ginger and scallion slices.
  • Arrange tuna steaks into a glass or ceramic dish.
  • Brush both sides of tuna steaks with marinade.
  • Cover and leave to marinated for 30 minutes, refrigerated, turning once.
  • Sprinkle steaks with salt; transfer over a hot grill, over a medium-hot fire.
  • Close lid.
  • Barbecue for 10 minutes for every inch [2.5 cm] of thickness, turning once until cooked through, checking with the tip of a knife.

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