Tuna Steak with Tomato Relish
This tuna steak recipe couldn’t get any easier! Paired with a sweet and savory quick tomato relish, this is a healthy meal that will please your whole family. This tuna recipe is very filling but still remains a low calories and low fat meal, therefore ideal for dieting.
Serve this tuna with quick tomato relish with a glass of white wine, , a side of broccoli and cauliflower gratin, stuffed peppers or some baked mushrooms.
Tuna Steak with Tomato Relish
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 17 minutes
- Total Time: 22 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Main
- Cuisine: Fish, Seafood
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds tuna steak
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 clove garlic (finely chopped)
- 1 pint heirloom or cherry tomatoes (finely chopped)
- 1/2 medium onion (finely chopped)
- 8 leaves fresh basil (roughly chopped)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- salt and pepper to taste
- lemon wedges (to serve)
Instructions
- In a pan over high heat, add 2 tbsp olive oil, garlic and onions, and cook for 3-4 minutes, until onions are translucent. Add tomatoes and sugar, and cook for 5 minutes, or until the mixture is almost like a sauce. Turn off the heat, add basil and season with salt, and pepper.
- Use a separate pan to cook the tuna. Season the tuna with salt and pepper on both sides. Wait until the pan is hot and add the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil. Add tuna steaks and lower the heat to medium/high. Cover and cook until well done (about 7 minutes). Covering the pan keeps the fish moist, I use this trick for fish, chicken and even meat; it works like a charm.
Nutrition
- Calories: 655
- Saturated Fat: 4
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This was the tuna we’ve been dreaming about forever. Thank you.
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Thank you so much, Becca! 🙂
This is totally worth the lack of effort it takes to make! I had some hamachi tuna hanging around that I wanted to do more than just salt-pepper-sear, and when I saw this, I realized I had all the ingredients hanging around already! It tastes better than a restaurant and god serious bonus points for being one of the quickest “fancy” dinners I’ve ever made. I will make this again and again and again.
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Don’t get me wrong here – I like tuna as much as the next guy. I’m just thinking of experimenting with beef or lamb for this recipe, if you don’t mind.
I love tuna dishes and I guess this is a great entree to present to our wedding’s catering service. Thanks a lot, you’re a life-saver!
If there’s one thing I like about going to big social events in Sydney is that they serve really great fish dishes. I remember this one time when I went to a catering company sydney office in order to have a crash course in cooking but I think I’m too much of an amateur to understand the complex preparations. Good thing I found this on the web. Many thanks!
I’ve always been intimidated by cooking fish…my daughter served a fantastic tuna steak dinner not long ago for her husband’s birthday. Your recipe looks delightful…I need to try it! Thanks!