Teriyaki Tuna Steaks (pics)

[Junk Yard Dog]

I grilled a fresh tuna steak last night. Excellent ! The following is the marinade recipe I got off the internet. Marinated for a couple of hours and used as a baste also. They call it Teriyaki Tuna Steaks.

1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons olive or canola oil
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar or cider vinegar
2 tablespoons sherry or chicken broth
2 tablespoons unsweetened pineapple juice
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
4 (6 ounce) tuna steaks

[OSD]

Looks good. Nice sear on the top.

A little too done for me. I like tuna steaks just hard seared and rare in the middle, done more like a beef steak. I think the tuna has a better flavor.

[JamesB]

I too like a rare tuna, but that does look good and is done the way my wife likes it!

[SteerCrazy]

very nice lookin, I'll take my tuna like that great pics JYD

[JaCK2U2]

Looks real good. I have not had grilled tuna, so no comment on doneness. High marks for looks and presentation. I need to try it some time, I guess!

[bowhnter]

Great lookin tuna steak there...probably done how my wife and I would like it.

You ruined the plate with those little round green things though

[Papa Tom]

Looks good to me, I have never grilled tuna but I have had grilled tuna in a restaurant and liked it a lot.... Them green things are OK too no matter what BH says I think he mistook them for little Brussels Sprouts.......

[HarvestMoon]

Tuna looks good. And I will take Brussels Sprouts over those green BB's any day of the week.

[Rich777]

Looks JYD!! I'll take two

[joekeen23]

Good looking Tuna!

I take one

[honu41]

Please do not take offense....Tuna looks good but a little too well done for my taste. I, like OSD, prefer tuna with more pink if it is cooked. I eat more raw tuna than cooked tuna.

Try marinating it for only 1/2 hr then baste while grilling and don't cook it too long. Don't let it dry out on the grill. You will find that tuna cooked rare or medium rare does not taste "fishy" at all. As a matter of fact, I think most fish when cooked develops a fishy taste or aroma. Fresh raw tuna that is sliced sashimi style or chunked Hawaiian style has absolutely not fishy smell.

a hui hou,

[OSD]

I believe the reasons for people overcooking tuna comes from two main things. One, usually fish is cooked til it flakes for it to be done. Second, they only know how tuna tastes from a can ( processed, steamed ), this is the taste they know and have grown up eating. Good grilled tuna does not have that taste or a fishy taste. I'm not good at explaining the taste but I would say it has a clean, almost a subtle sweetness to the meat. Try the hard sear and med rare to rare finish and you will be surprised at the great taste.

[Paulr]

I'm with the "looks a bit too done for me" crowd. If you get quality tuna you can easily have it close to rare (undercook instead of overcook) having said that its comes down to personal taste
Those sear marks look exceptional though!

[Larry Wolfe]

Looks great to me! I need to eat more fish!

[honu41]

I agree with Larry... "eat more fish!" As Paul remarked it is so easy to overcook fish and the governing factor is personal preference.

I like my pelagic fish, one that inhabits the upper water column of the ocean on the undercooked or even raw side.

Bottomfish from the ocean and all freshwater fish are cooked till done. Most of them have a tendency to be hosts for worms in their flesh.

The only bottom fish I have eaten raw is Alaskan halibut but it has to be very fresh and well chilled AND closely inspected.

Hope I didn't leave you with the impression that I am a cannibal!!!!

a hui hou,