Rub that’s fragrant and simple to produce for fresh tuna steaks. strong tastes.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 6 mins |
| Total Time: | 11 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 1 ¼ teaspoons ground black pepper
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 (5 ounce) tuna steaks, about 1 inch thick
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Whisk 2 tablespoons olive oil, lemon zest, coriander, black pepper, ginger, salt, and cinnamon in a small bowl; rub tuna steaks with spice mixture.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sear tuna in the hot oil until browned but still pink in the center, about 3 minutes on each side.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 254 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 64 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 33 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 635 mg |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 12 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Such a delicious, tasty, easy rub!! This may be my go to recipe for tuna!!
Excellent recipe. One of the best I’ve ever tried for tuna. It’s a keeper
Wasn’t certain how this would be with cinnamon. I thought it would overpower or compete with the tuna, but it worked really well. Will definitely do again. I added a bit more zest along with a bit of lemon juice.
Great! I added alittle lemon juice mix to cut the cinnamon and it was great!
Love this
AMAZING!!!!!!
I have tried 3-4 of the best recipes here for seared Tuna, but WOW! Using mostly fresh ingredients, I put half of the marinade in the bottom of the pan and smeared the other half on top after only about a 40 minute rest period, max. Cooked it till I could see the color change a quarter of the way up and less than half that on the second side. (Never pay attention to how many minutes to sear a tuna as they are different thicknesses, different temperatures and contain different amounts of water in the meat.) oh my god, the thick marinated gave it the sweetest crust, I love this recipe and my husband said I rose to the challenge and outdid myself. We get competitive in our cooking! Like this morning, he made a frittata with feta, basil and durian jelly ( an indescribable pleasure we have here in Bali). Enjoy this delight to the taste buds!
This was so easy and so good!
Fantastic rub – thank you. However, just a word of caution about “3 min per side”. For a 1″ tuna steak this would get you well done at med-high heat on stovetop so just beware not to overcook… I think 60-90 seconds per side would be the go here if you like it pink in the middle.
This was an awesome recipe that would be good on so much more than just tuna!!
This was perfect! Really nice flavour. Will definitely make it again.
Cooked the tuna on a grill for 2 minutes per side at 500 deg. It came perfect and delicious.
Did not have all the ingredients, I substituted. As for cooking the t. steaks, I used the recipe with more heat and longer cook time for medium doneness for better storage. I am happy with the recipe. Thank you.
Loved it, definitely a keeper.
I made this for myself in no time flatland it was delish! One tune steak 5 oz, cut all the spice measurements in half, only needed 1/2 oz of olive oil for the rub and cooked in nonstick pan (copper fry pan). No extra olive oil needed to cook! If you truly like it pan seared- raw in the middle, cook side one2-3 min’s and side two for only 2 mins
Lowered salt to 1/2,(ground sea salt) then put half of the cinnamon, added half wasabi powder. (used ground and fresh ground pepper mixed) seared at high temperture 2 mins one side , one on the other than lowered heat for additional 1 1/2 minutes which toasted the cinnamon. A little bit of fresh squeezed lime (or lemon) while finishing and WOW! My Ahi Tuna Steaks were a little over an inch thick and turned out perfect everyone loved them and were all amazed that there was cinnamon on them, although you could smell it once you knew. Great base recipe’ . Thanks I would have never tried it otherwise.
Love this recipe. Everyone loved it. Would not change a thing.
Absolutely delicious! I made it as stated and the very slight hint of cinnamon made all the spices come together.It does NOT take long for the Tuna to cook! I paired it with the Spinach and cantaloupe salad.
This was an awesome seasoning. I didn’t have any lemon zest so I used lemon pepper and it turned out great! Next time I will make sure I have lemon zest!
omg that was delicious! First time I have been motivated to comment on a recipe. I did not use the lemon – cooking for someone who can’t have it – wonderful anyway. I used the drippings as an extra sauce over the tuna, pureed spinach, and toast. Def a keeper. I foresee playing with the spices – cardamom? allspice? – and trying the same technique with other fish. Also, I’d cook it half as long next time – overdone but the spices saved it. Would add photo but…nothing left.
Great recipe, I have made it many times, I usually add a little more olive oil so its easier to spread on fish.