Tuna steak with chilli butter

Tuna steak with chilli butter

Tuna and chilli is a winning combination in this quick recipe. The butter will keep for a week in the fridge, and you could use it with grilled meat and veg

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20 mins

Method

  1. Mash the butter, chives and chilli together. Put on a sheet of clingfilm and roll up into a sausage. Freeze to firm up. Heat a frying pan or griddle (char-grill) to very hot. Brush the tuna with oil and season very well. Cook for 2-3 minutes each side (depending on the thickness of your steaks). Unroll the butter and cut off 2-3 discs per person. Serve the tuna and veg topped with the butter.

Per serving

727 kcalories, protein 40.6g, carbohydrate 2.4g, fat 61.7 g, saturated fat 9.1g, fibre 3.6g, salt 2.24 g

Recipe from olive magazine, October 2005.

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  • 19 January 2008

    claw commented on this recipe

    great dish and easy. just be sure to season the steaks really well before cooking.. this is so important with tuna and to always undercook slightly!!!!

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  • 05 December 2008

    helen commented on this recipe

    the nutrition info for this recipe doesn't seem right!

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  • 10 April 2009

    Heidi commented on this recipe

    There's 125g of butter in the recipe, 62.5g per person; you could easily halve this and cut back the calories significantly.

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  • 13 April 2009

    evelyn-r rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was very easy to do and worked well. However, there was far too much butter for the number of people, as Heidi commented. I was cooking for 4 and used about 140g - even that was a bit too much really. I will use it again.

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  • 12 July 2010

    ceazaro rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was very easy to do and it tasted really good. However, as mentioned already, the recipe calls for too much butter. I used 80g for 2 people and even that was far too much. I'd say you only really need a tablespoon of butter per person. I will most certainly use the recipe again though.

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  • 31 July 2011

    KtDH commented on this recipe

    The amount of butter above is by no means meant for just the two tuna steaks - if you read it fully it clearly states that two or three discs be cut off the roll per person and that the rest can be stored for up to a week - It's really not as heart-attack inducing as you might think at first glance!

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  • 30 January 2012

    Chefvinnie commented on this recipe

    it does say to use "2-3 discs" of butter, not the whole 125g as stated in the recipe :)

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  • 07 June 2012

    kathypolfearn commented on this recipe

    Extremely simple and delicious. Served this with spinach instead of broccoli and some jersey royals, will try the left over butter on steak at the weekend, suspect it will be excellent

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20 mins

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Per serving

727 kcalories, protein 40.6g, carbohydrate 2.4g, fat 61.7 g, saturated fat 9.1g, fibre 3.6g, salt 2.24 g

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