Lemon Pepper Ahi Tuna
photo by cayde9
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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2 steaks
- Serves:
- 2
ingredients
- 2 ahi tuna steaks
- kosher salt
- crushed black peppercorns
- 1⁄2 lemon
- 1 teaspoon capers
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon safflower oil (whatever kind of oil you have available) or 1 tablespoon olive oil
directions
- Sprinkle salt and black pepper on both sides of the tuna steaks.
- Squeeze fresh lemon juice over the steaks.
- Heat 1 tbs of oil in a pan.
- Add 1 tbs of butter.
- Turn the heat down low to medium-low.
- Place the tuna in the pan.
- Add capers, and squeeze more lemon juice into the pan.
- Add slices of lemon to the pan and 2nd tbs of butter.
- Shake the contents of the pan a bit and let cook for about 4 minutes.
- Turn the steaks over and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Serve the tuna with the slices of lemon and capers from the pan.
- NOTE: As some reviewers have suggested, you may not need to cook as long as the specified time. It's your personal preference how well done you like the steaks. Thanks for all the wonderful reviews!
Reviews
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What can I say that hasn't been said....DELICIOUS!!! I fixed this last night with recipe#170715#170715 and zucchini and also recipe#392723#392723 because we had unexpected company and I only had enough tuna for DH and myself. (I didn't want to share it...I did let them have a bite though.) Thank you for such an easy, quick and delicious recipe. Made for SPRING PAC 2010.
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Nice, fast, and tasty dish! Had no capers so, based on Google advisory I used green olives instead. Also cut the 5 minutes after flipping the fillets down to 3 minutes.... depending on how well done you like your tuna, you might not. Mine were 1" thick & a still pink in the middle - perfect for me. Oh! I served it w/Green Giant Riced Cauliflower Medley. SO GOOD, and very low carbs!
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