2- minute "Quick Broiled" Tuna Steaks

Ingredients

• Tuna

  Fish, fresh, yellowfin, raw

  9 oz or 255g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  2 ¼ tbsp or 34g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 ½ tbsp or 20g

• Garlic

  Raw

  ¾ clove or 2g

Directions

1. NOTES: Use 2 tuna steaks, 1 inch thick Extra virgin olive oil if possible Add sea salt and black pepper to taste
2. Chop or press garlic and let sit for 5 minutes.
3. Preheat the broiler on high and place an all stainless steel skillet (including the handle) or cast iron pan under the heat for about 10 minutes to get very hot. The pan should be 5-7 inches from the heat source.
4. While pan is heating prepare Tuna by rubbing steaks with 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice and salt and pepper. The pan requires no oil as the lemon from the fish sufficiently coast the pan.
5. Using a hot pad, remove pan from heat, place Tuna on hot pan and return pan to broiler. Keep in mind that it is cooking rapidly on both sides, so t is done very quickly, usually in 2-3 minutes, depending on thickness.
6. Dress with olive oil, 1 tsp lemon juice and garlic. Variations: 1. Coat with Dijon mustard and fresh chopped rosemary before "quick broiling" 2. For an Asian flavor, add tamari (soy sauce), ginver and rice vinegar. Replace black pepper with white pepper and omit salt. 3. Add Soy sauce, lime juice, or sesame seeds to tuna 4. Make a sauce of wasabi horseradish and soy sauce, drizzle over cooked tuna.

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