Slow-Cooked Tuna Steaks with Tomato Relish

Slow-baked tuna steaks are served with a relish of tomatoes, sweet onion, and hot salsa. This technique works well with other fish steaks too, such as halibut.

Total Time:
40 mins
Yield:
4 servings
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Ingredients

Tuna steaks

  • 4 center-cut tuna steaks (each about 6 ounces and 3/4-inch thick)

  • 1 teaspoon canola oil

  • 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt

  • 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Red Hot Salsa

  • 2 cups diced (1/2-inch) tomato

  • 1/4 cup finely diced jalapeño or serrano chile (more or less depending on your tolerance)

  • 1/3 cup coarsely chopped onion, put in a sieve, rinsed under cold tap water, and patted dry

  • 1/3 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro

  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic

  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

  • 3 tablespoons ketchup

  • 2 tablespoons water

Tomato relish

  • 3/4 cup diced (1/2-inch) peeled and seeded tomato

  • 1/2 cup diced (1/4-inch) sweet onion, such as Vidalia

  • 3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives

  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

  • 1/3 cup Red Hot Salsa or fresh store-bought salsa

  • 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice

  • 3 tablespoons good-quality olive oil

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°F. Rub the tuna steaks on both sides with the canola oil and sprinkle them with the salt and pepper. Arrange the steaks on a serving plate, or on 4 dinner plates and bake for about 20 minutes for rare. If you'd like the fish cooked to medium, leave it in for a few more minutes.

  2. Meanwhile, make the Red Hot Salsa if using for the relish: Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.

  3. Make the tomato relish: Mix the tomato, onion, chives, salt, and 1/3 cup salsa together in a medium bowl. (Reserve the remaining salsa in the fridge for another use.) Add the lime juice and olive oil; mix well.

  4. Remove the tuna steaks from the oven and spoon the sauce liberally over and around them. Serve immediately.

Originally appeared: May 2013

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