Tuna Steaks with Lemon Caper Sauce

Name: Tuna Steaks with Lemon Caper Sauce
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons drained capers; 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice; 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper; 8 tablespoons olive oil; 4 tuna steaks, about 3/4 inch thick (about 2 pounds in all)

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Grilled tuna steaks are one of life's simple pleasures, satisfying even when unadorned. Here they're made better yet with a quick lemon-and-caper sauce, whose pleasant tartness balances the richness of the fish. Amazing Seafood Recipes

By Food & Wine

December 2011

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Credit: © Melanie Acevedo

Recipe Summary

Yield:

Ingredients

3 tablespoons drained capers
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
8 tablespoons olive oil
4 tuna steaks, about 3/4 inch thick (about 2 pounds in all)

Directions

Step 1

Light the grill or heat the broiler. In a small glass or stainless-steel bowl, mash the capers with a fork. Stir in the lemon juice, parsley, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper and then 6 tablespoons of the oil.

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Step 2

Coat the tuna with the remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Grill or broil the tuna for 4 minutes. Turn and cook until done to your taste, 3 to 4 minutes longer for medium rare. Serve the tuna topped with the sauce.

Notes

Variations The lemon-and-caper sauce tastes great on almost any grilled fish. Swordfish or salmon steaks are especially good choices. Just adjust the cooking time according to the thickness of the fish.

Suggested Pairing

Though grilled tuna is superb with Pinot Noir, here the acidic sauce calls for a white wine. Gavi, Piedmont's Cortese-based white, has just the right limelike accents to complement the tangy capers and lemon.

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2wunder

02/07/2020

Excellent! My family loves this recipe.

Linda

05/14/2019

I tried this last night and thought it was a perfect topping for the tuna! I love capers and the simplicity of the recipe made it so easy to make. The only thing I did differently was I pulsed the caper sauce a few times in my blender so that it was like a pesto with some whole capers still intact. I will definitely make again!

none152

01/28/2019

Isn't it amazing how so many people have tunnel vision? I may think something is delicious , only to have ten people hate it. It's strange how so many can be so ridgid. If I didn't like something, I might assume I made a mistake in the directions or that it just isn't my cup of tea, but I'm not going to give it a bad rating. Why can't we be adults here?

Ss719

02/02/2017

There is no way 4000+ people rated this five stars. The sauce is terrible!

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