Grilled Cajun Tuna Steaks with a Mustard Smear and Tomato Salad (Lean
and Lively)
4 tuna Steaks (or any grillable fish). 3/4 -1" thick
Cajun seasoning for meat or fish (I use either one)
Olive oil spray
2 tsp of mustard (Choose your favorite. Grey Poupon, horseradish
mustard, or my favorite - hot mustard, or other)
4 handfuls of salad greens
2 large, ripe tomatoes cut into slices
Olive oil for drizzling
1 Tbl of balsamic vinegar
Optional: blackberries (or other berries) for color and variety
Spray both sides of the tuna steaks, liberally, with olive oil spray.
Dust them with the Cajun seasoning to taste. Set aside so the flavors
sink in.
While the flavors meld, take out your dinner plates. In a medium bowl,
toss your greens with a light drizzle of olive oil and just a hint of
salt. (The salt actually enhances the flavor of the olive oil and
greens). Place a portion of greens in the middle of each plate. Divide
your tomato slices into 4 portions and fan them around one side of the
greens. Spread them wide to cover half of the plate edge. Drizzle with
olive oil. Season with pepper and drizzle bits of balsamic vinegar on
the tomatoes.
Heat your grill or grill pan. Place the tuna steaks on the grate and
grill on medium for 3 minutes. Don*t move them. This will give you nice
grill marks. Carefully flip them over and grill 3 more minutes. This
will finish the fish at medium. If you like your tuna more rare in the
middle cut back the cooking time when you flip the fish over. The gauge
I use is 7 minutes per inch of thickness to grill fish to medium. Just
keep in mind that it keeps cooking after you take it off the heat. Tuna
is very forgiving. Done to any temperature it still tastes good so if
you are not a regular fish griller this is a good place to start. Tuna
has a meaty taste and texture too, so if you are grilling for non-fish
eaters they*ll likely change their tune when they taste this. Remove the
fish from the grill and place the fish steaks in the middle of the
greens. The hot fish will "wilt" the greens and make a nice warm salad.
While the fish is still very warm smear a half te aspoon of mustard
across the top of each piece. The mustard will melt and make a sort of
glaze. Now you*re eating French-Cajun.
Scatter your berries around the greens and you*re ready to eat. For
another side, spray olive oil on asparagus spears and grill them along
with your fish. You*ll have a gourmet meal fit for company.
If we were all like angels, the world would be a heavenly place.
*Angelique*
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