Seared Sushi Grade Tuna Steaks -- Lotsa Pics

Bayarad · April 2014

So my wife tells me yesterday that we haven't had fish in some time and even though she generally doesn't like fish, wanted me to cook some on the LBGE. Since I love fish this was not a problem. Picked up two sushi-grade Tuna steaks, some baby red potatoes and a yellow summer squash. Sliced the potatoes and squash into 3/4 " slices, and hit them with salt, pepper and Dizzy Pig Tsunami spin. The tuna steaks were dusted with Dizzy Pig Jamaican Firewalk. LBGE was cruising at about 425 degrees direct, hit the potatoes and squash for about 12 minutes flipping twice, then the tuna steaks seared for about 90 seconds per side. Absolutely incredible served with a combination of Hoffman House Tartar sauce seasoned with Emeril's pepper sauce. Wife ate every bit of it and is now wanting fish regularly! Sorry for the lousy I-phone pics, but you get the idea. Thanks for looking!

hapster · April 2014

Looks awesome! Nicely done... Jamaican Firewalk is good stuff

BYS1981 · April 2014

I'm about to eat some poke because of this.

JohnInCarolina · April 2014

Those look great! I'm surprised the steaks weren't a little more pink still in the middle given the relatively short sear, but maybe that's the lighting?

Mattman3969 · April 2014

Great lookin cook, I would tear that tuna up!!

jhl192 · April 2014

Sorry Charlie...this Tuna is too good to go in a can!! Awesome cook!

jls9595 · April 2014

wow, book marked. I haven't done fish enough, looks great. btw, where did you buy the sushi grade tuna?

Ospreydog · April 2014

I have never tried tuna steaks, but I will now. Looks amazing.

nolaegghead · April 2014

Sushi grade really doesn't mean anything other than it was frozen below a certain temp for a certain amount of time to kill some parasites. There's no official definition by the FDA. Micro definitions in states and industries, yes. The more important criteria, in my opinion, is first of all the species of the fish - bluefin, yellowfin, in that order are superior to many of the other species of tuna. Good luck finding bluefin, and it you do it'll cost a fortune. Then there's freshness and grade. Buy from someone who knows what they're doing. You get what you pay for - handling tuna wrong can ruin good tuna.

NDG · April 2014

Thanks @nolaegghead . . . very informative. Lots of poor "sushi grade" definitions out there.

NDG · April 2014

I was always told "sushi grade" was super fresh, never frozen, wild caught . . blahahahahha

Brisket_Fanatic · April 2014

Looks great!

nolaegghead · April 2014

NDG said:

Thanks @nolaegghead . . . very informative. Lots of poor "sushi grade" definitions out there.

NDG said:

I was always told "sushi grade" was super fresh, never frozen, wild caught . . blahahahahha

Any time. There's more than one definition to "fresh" with fish. Unfortunately, no standards set by the FDA. And, even worse, the whole seafood industry lacks standards and oversight. No wonder so many people hate seafood, bad seafood will do that.

tulocay · April 2014

Great looking cook. Thanks for sharing.

NPHuskerFL · April 2014

I've got 4 "sushi grade" tuna steaks going to make for Saturday. Can't decide how I want to spice. Thinking just lite kosher salt and coarse peppercorn. But, recently saw this http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1145144/seared-ahi-tuna-with-soy-ginger-dipping-sauce-credit-scott-leysath-and-hunt-fish-cook recipe. Guess I'll decide Saturday. Yours look great!

Bayarad · April 2014

Thanks everyone it was a quick easy cook and I could eat that all day long! Not sure why the market calls it "sushi grade" but they had two kinds available one was flash frozen and had a light pink color and was on sale for $7.99/lb. and the "sushi grade" had a dark red and almost black color on one side. Looked much richer and more appealing and was thawed on ice for $18.99 a pound. It was thawed and grill ready and it didn't disappoint, even at that price!

nolaegghead · April 2014

The cheaper one may have been ahi, other one yellowfin. Just seems to fit the price.

JohnInCarolina · April 2014

One suggestion for a good side with these: wasabi mashed potatoes. Killer.

CP92 · April 2014

Just in time for tuna season on the east coast.

And from what I've read it goes BFT, Big Eye tuna, then YFT. Huge BFT, 600+, took off VA Beach about two weeks ago. Just closed the trophy season down for the year.

Bayarad · April 2014

Sounds good JohnInCarolina! Mashed potatoes with wasabi powder or paste?

Seared Sushi Grade Tuna Steaks -- Lotsa Pics

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