Grilled Tuna With Herbs and Olives Recipe (2024)

Cooked tuna in very hot cast iron skillet 2 min on first side and 1 min on other. Perfect and glad didn't cook longer. Dry brined tuna w/ coarse salt and pepper 20 minutes before cooking. Wiped fish off, then coated with olive oil and coarse black pepper. Made olive mixture in heavy mortar and pestle; used mint, basil, parsley (garlic essential) - added 1 Tbsp lemon juice to balance flavor. Served with couscous and mixed extra olive mixture into couscous. Absolutely delicious and very easy.

4 minutes on each side ended up being cooked just a bit too much for us - next time I'll do 2.5-3 to keep some pink on the inside! For the sauce I used moroccan black olives, garlic, and mint, because that's what I had, and included another side of some fresh chimichurri sauce we had in the fridge, which added a definite kick! This was delicious. Served with a spinach salad with olive oil/lemon dressing. Perfect, easy summer dinner.

When not grilling, I prefer a sauté pan over the oven. I make sure the oiled pan is hot, a minute to a minute and a half on each side, then remove from heat to cook through. That keeps it tender and moist, 'cause it's a crime to overcook fresh fish.

Mixed garlic paste, basil, parsley, marjoram and chives with olive oil. rubbed oil on tuna with salt & pepper and marinated for a few hours. Broiled in oven the steaks about 5 minutes on each side

A mix of parsley, basil, chives, chervil and marjoram, for example, would be splendid, as would one of cilantro, mint and basil. (I would rule out only thyme, tarragon and rosemary, unless you use them in minuscule quantities.) If you don't have a grill, many readers have baked it at 425 and been happy with the results.

Delicious! In a pan, sautéed salt and peppered tuna steak in OVOO for 2.5. minutes on each side. Made a sauce of sautéed shallot and added to small kitchen aid home frozen basil, dill, parsley and a little OV if not enough from shallots and made a paste which I smeared on top a cooked tuna. May add chopped green olives, but optional.

Great flavor and easy to prepare. I didn’t add the garlic because my husband is allergic to it. I liberally salted the tuna and added a little freshly ground pepper before sautéing in olive oil on the stovetop. The timing depends upon the thickness of the steaks and one’s personal preference.

Additional, this excellent recipe was married with quinoa with roasted almonds, sautéed onions and peppers. At the end chopped cilantro. The marriage with the herbal tuna and vermentino wine made for five ⭐️ dinner.

This tuna recipe coupled with the fresh herbal nectar is outstanding. On a hot cast iron skillet: One minute on the first side, two minutes when flipped. The chopped olives married with the chopped herbal mix (chives, basil, mint, and garlic blended in EVO) created a flavorful umami embedded into my memory. This recipe a keeper.

I had this in Pisa covered with slivered almonds, capers, and finely ground sun-dried tomatoes. What they did before cooking I can't figure out completely, but perhaps lemon juice and olive oil were rubbed on. It was served sliced and was quite rare inside.

Excellent and easy. Used marjoram, chives, and parsley as herbs--great combination. Also added a bit of lemon juice to the herb mix. Rave reviews from guests!

Spiked the herb mixture with the zest of one lemon and a sprinkle of aleppo pepper. Superb!

This was lovely. Had a beautiful ahi tuna steak in the freezer and a lovely melange of oil cured olives left over from a charcuterie board earlier the week. Served with pearl couscous with shallot and garlic. All came together in about 15 minutes. Perfect.

Such a deliciously simple meal!! I finely chopped cilantro, parsley, and basil and added dried chives (Who can ever find fresh chives these days?) plus the garlic and EVO. Some Castelvetrano olives were my choice and then I decided diced plum tomatoes would add color and a sweetness. Finished off with lemon zest's freshness. Absolutely making it again (ALDI's has tuna steaks 12oz for under $6); a great healthy lunch!

Excellent and easy. Served with grilled tuna and green sauce. A winner.

Costco's best available option was mahi mahi, so that's what we used. Made as directed, but cooked in the oven covered with foil. Very nice and will make again.

Tuna can be moister if marinated-see 6 minute ahi tuna-a recipe that is available on the internetThe olive sauce could complement this and tuna is way too tricky to grill and on the stove with hot cast iron pan you can see how done it is clearly.

Used chives, parsley, basil and mild green olives. Added some lemon juice and red pepper flakes to the mixture. Grilling 3 minutes per side resulted in well done steaks, but they were on the thin side. Still very tasty!

Used basil, parsley and dill

We made this last night - it was amazing! I used a combo of mint, parsley and cilantro and one clove of minced garlic with the olives. The mint with the fish was so good. I used swordfish instead of tuna since the tuna at my market didn't look great and cooked it on a ridged cast iron pan, 3 minutes per side. Highly recommend!

Bake it?! Mark Bittman, have you given away your iron skillet?