Grilled Bluefin Tuna
This marinade for Grilled Bluefin Tuna will be a tasty change from your usual dinner rotation. Sure to become a favorite, it's easy and summery.
Ingredients
- 2 cups orange juice. freshly squeezed
- 1/2 cup light soy sauce
- 1 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
- 1 1/2 tablespoon whole mixed pickling spice
- 1 can (6-ounce) tomato paste
- 1/2 cup sugar or sugar substitute
- 6 bluefin or yellowfin tuna steaks, 1
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or margarine
Instructions
- Whisk the orange juice, soy sauce, vinegar, oil, onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, cumin, black pepper, pickling spice, tomato paste, and sugar or sugar substitute together in a bowl.
- Arrange the tuna steaks inone layer in a large baking dish.
- Cover with marinade. Marinate, covered and chilled, overnight or up to 24 hours.
- Drain, but reserve the marinade in a bowl.
- Grill on a lightly oiled rack set 3 to 4 inches over glowing coals for 3 minutes on each side.
- Return the tuna steaks to the baking dish. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Spoon 1 tablespoon of the reserved marinade over each tuna steak.
- Bake for 4 to 5 minutes or until they are slightly rare.
- Top each tuna steak with 1 teaspoon of the butter and more freshly ground black pepper, to taste.
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