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Seared tuna with lemon and lime

This is a very simple way to prepare and cook tuna - a fish that tends to dry out very quickly if you are not careful about how you cook it.

In this recipe the tuna medallions are marinated in a mixture of olive oil, lemon and lime, before being seared briefly on both sides.

Serve with rice cooked beforehand, then just heated through in the left-over marinade.

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Last modified on: July 23^th 2017

For 2 people, you will need:

1 300 g fresh tuna
2 3 tablespoons olive oil
3 ½ lime
4 ½ lemon
5 200 g cooked rice
6 salt
7 pepper
Total weight: 665 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
7 min.	2 hours	11 min.	2 hours 18 min.

Keeping: A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Seared tuna with lemon and lime : Photo of step #1

Trim 300 g fresh tuna and cut into medallions, if not already prepared.

Rinse and dry the fish.

Stage 2 - 2 hours

Seared tuna with lemon and lime : Photo of step #2

Prepare the marinade by pouring 3 tablespoons olive oil into a dish with the juice of ½ lime and ½ lemon. Add the lemon and lime zest, then salt and pepper lightly.

Put the tuna medallions into the marinade and spoon some over them, then cover with plastic film and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

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Put a large non-stick frying pan on high heat. When really hot, add the tuna medallions, then salt and pepper.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

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Sear on both sides just until nicely browned. Don't overdo it, ot the tuna will start to dry out. It is fine for the flesh to stay slightly pink.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

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Transfer the cooked medallions onto a hot plate. Use a brush to coat them with a little of the marinade, then cover the plate with aluminium foil and keep hot.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

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Pour what is left of the marinade into the same pan, add 200 g cooked rice and reheat while stirring.

Stage 7

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Serve immediately on hot plates.

Remarks

You can use this recipe for other types of fish, particularly those that tend to dry out during cooking, such as swordfish.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,384 Kcal or 5,795 Kj	84 gr	25 gr	106 gr
69 %	32 %	2 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
208 Kcal or 871 Kj	13 gr	4 gr	16 gr
10 %	5 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
692 Kcal or 2,897 Kj	42 gr	12 gr	53 gr
35 %	16 %	1 %	8 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 5.83 €
Per person : 2.92 €

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Fresh tuna: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Leek and fresh tuna tart, Quiche Bretonne, Marinated tuna with herbs, Spicy seafood plancha, Tender tuna, ... All
	Cooked rice: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice and fresh spinach salad, Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms, Pollack fillet baked with rice and vegetables., Tomatoes Provençal, Tomato ladybirds, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lumberjack turnovers, Loin of pork with herbs and julienne vegetables , Endives "bonne femme", Fisherman's Ragout, Lumberjack turnovers, ... All
	Lime: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mexican ceviche, Caribbean upside-down cake, 4 pears salad with vanilla, Marinated tuna with herbs, Flambéd bananas , ... All

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