Tuna!

[JCGrill]

Picked up some really great tuna at Costco on Friday.

Dry brined with Szechuan pepper-salt a couple of hours ahead. HOT gas grill. Flip flip flip flip, two and a half minutes per side. I like my tuna RARE. Topped with a sweet soy glaze, and served with a side of green beans sautéed in bacon fat.

[RonB]

Lookin' really good.

[kmhfive]

Wonderful. I'd pay good money for that!

[Jerod Broussard]

I'm guessing with tuna you are merely heating the surface due to microbial issues. So if no microbes you could just eat straight from the pack?

[martybartram]

If that were the case you would want to sear the sides as well

[Spinaker]

Very nice! Did you pick those up at the Maple Grove Costco? I have never been up to that one yet. I like going to the one down in Eden Prairie. Great meat department. The one in SLP is waaaay to crowded. I avoid that one like the plague.

[JCGrill]

Jerod Broussard I guess? TBH this is pretty much how you get it at a restaurant, so...

Spinaker yup. Although the MG Costco is getting pretty crowded as well. Also purchased a prime whole packer and 9 lbs of belly.

[Spinaker]

Yeah, they are all getting like that. The EP one is larger so I don't notice as much.

[Henrik]

Nice tuna! It's one of my favorite seafood meats to cook on the grill. And yes, rare is how I like it too. Great cook!

[Spinaker]

30 seconds on each side on a searing hot Lodge griddle with a bit of avocado oil. Mmmmm......good stuff.

[Spinaker]

550 F. One of the hottest out there. Great for searing. JCBBQ

[JCBBQ]

Good to know. Thanks.

[Spinaker]

Cost Co carries it cheap. JCBBQ

[martybartram]

Love me some rare tuna if not raw!

[Huskee]

Ditto all the above! What a delicacy!

[Jon Edwards]

Just got off the ocean (southern Washington state) with some blue fin tuna...23 fish (slow day), I never cooked it on a BBQ before. I'm thinking olive oil, salt and pepper some lemon and rosemary. then sear it? Any suggestions?

[JCGrill]

Jon Edwards so do you like sushi? If you do, here's the plan. Your seasonings look good, I like a lot of black pepper, cracked fairly course. Get the grill HOT. You don't need much time on each side. More than a quarter inch cooked on each side is too much. In my opinion it should be raw in the middle. Make it a thick cut, an inch and a half minimum.

[Mudkat]

Thanks for this post. I've had really good grilled tuna and some eh, not so good. I haven't made it myself but now I'd like to try. Too bad you didn't get a pic of the inside. Maybe next time!

[JCGrill]

Mudkat if you are looking at the outside of an uncooked tuna steak, that's the inside. Only question is how far in the cook goes. 😊

[Mudkat]

That's the way I like it. I'm gonna have to look for some good tuna. They have frozen Mahi Mahi here. What do you get at Costco? JCGrill

[texastweeter]

tuna is fantastic so many ways. that is a new one for me, and Ill try it after my next fishing trip. I like with a lot of pepper, a bit of fish sauce and soy to adhere the pepper to it, and seared just like that. raw on the inside, charrd on the outside.

[HorseDoctor]

I don't dry brine tuna. It's only seared very hot and very quickly. No need to dry brine.