Since tuna is typically accessible year-round, finding fresh steaks should be simple. Picky: skin with a reddish hue is acceptable, but avoid flesh with dark streaks or patches. The flesh is often dry, as it is with any excellent saltwater fish. Avoid overcooking while using oil for marinating. Since tuna should be served medium rare, timing is essential. Employ a kitchen timer.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 6 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 16 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 (6 ounce) albacore tuna steaks, 1 inch thick
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 lime, juiced
- ½ cup hickory wood chips, soaked
Instructions
- Place tuna steaks and olive oil in a large resealable plastic bag. Seal, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat the grill for medium heat. When coals are very hot, scatter a handful of hickory or mesquite wood chips over them for flavor.
- Lightly oil grill grate. Season tuna with salt and pepper, and cook on the preheated grill approximately 6 minutes, turning once. Transfer to a serving platter, and drizzle with freshly squeezed lime juice. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 281 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 77 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 40 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 644 mg |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 12 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Easy, fast and basic recipe tasty! I made it for 2 people and added hickory smoke (not smoke chips) old bay & another fish seasoning. Turned out perfect cooked 3 min on each side on gas grill. Will make again!
So simple and a great, easy addition for following a Mediterranean type diet. Excellent
A nice easy tasty recipe.
This was a great meal. I used sushi-grade red salmon and wanted it rare-medium rare but cooked it too long (6 min total) and it was barely pink in the center. The real treat was the salsa!
I used rosemary infused olive oil. This was absolutely delicious!!! The lime juice really made it!
Fast, easy and absolutely delicious!!! Amazing how so few ingredients could be so tasty. Be sure to use high quality tuna like Ahi or Yellow Fin and don’t over cook the tuna. I kept my grill cover open to sear the fish without overcooking it.
This was delicious! The only thing is that I didn’t have the wood chips to use so I followed the rest of the recipe along with adding a little garlic powder as others suggested. Simple, easy and delicious would definitely make it again!
Made this last night to take out on the boat . Marinaded in olive oil and 4 crushed garlic cloves. Cooked 2 min per side. Put it in foil , kept it in an aluminum pan next to grilled salmon. Used a ” keep warm or cold” bag I got at grocery . We ate it 2hrs later Delicious!! Topped both tuna & salmon with Dijon dill sauce OMG. Here’s dill sauce recipe 1/2 cup plain yogurt 1/4 cup Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon honey 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill. Mix all together & chill for about an hour.
There is nothing better than a great tasting meal that only takes a few minutes to cook and prep. Added garlic to recipe. You better believe I will make this again. Thanks for the recipe
Amazing and healthy. The only change I made was to add garlic in the marinade.
Perfect!!!
Who doesn’t love seared tuna? I found this recipe and added virgin/original margarita mix to the marinade and let the steaks sit for about 45 min to let them soak up some of the citrus. DO NOT cook them for more than 2 1/2-3 1/2 min per side. They’ll become chewy and not good at all. HIGH HEAT and LOW COOK TIME and you’ll be alright.
OMG!
This was an easy and very tasty way to fix tuna steak. It has a nice grilled flavor, and is a quick meal. The kids even liked the flavor.
Wonderful easy recipe!!!
This was my first time grilling tuna. The recipe was very easy, and turned out great.
I was reluctant to make this because it was SO simple. I opted for it because the reviews were so good. I had a BIG tuna steak and thought since its flavor profile was so simple I could make tuna salad with the leftovers. I guess you know what I’m going to say next….there were no leftovers! The pop of lime at the end has to be the success of this recipe, since there is not much else to it. Will make again for sure.
Given the tiny amounts of prep/cooking time, there is HUGE returns in flavor & presentation! 2nd time out I put a level TSP of finely minced fresh tarragon into the oil for the tuna to absorb… WOW!!
Excellent!
A super easy recipe that’s incredibly delicious! My daughter flipped out over this recipe. My fresh tuna was cut in 2 1/2 – 3inch thick triangle steaks. As I have a gas grill I did not use soaked hickory wood chips. I marinated it for 2 hours in EVOO. Then covered it with Garlic Salt, Garlic Pepper & Garlic Powder. I grilled it over high heat for 5 minutes on each side. Then I tented it in aluminum foil until I got inside and squeezed the fresh lime juice over the tuna.
I made this tonight exactly as written. I had a 1 lb. steak from a freshly caught albacore. OMG was this ever delicious and so simple.