Our roommate proceeded to grill up the tastiest zucchini I have had in a while. I quickly become a convert. We got the idea to try and sear tuna steak on the grilling machine. Having spent all summer trying to sear a decent tuna steak on our Weber grill only to end up with over cooked dry tuna that was barely seared on the outside, I realized that George could have provided the answer to all my fish searing prayers.
We started slowly. We bought a nice salmon fillet, seasoned it with olive oil, garlic, fresh basil and lemon, and then placed it lovingly on the grill. It turned out perfectly, a finely cooked salmon all around. But cooking a salmon fillet is not a seared tuna steak my friends, no matter what anyone in the grilling business might tell you. A decently seared tuna is a whole other matter.
I swung by the local market to find they had some fantastic looking ahi tuna steaks. I purchased a couple and brought them home. We merely peppered them nicely and threw them on the grill. I was nervous and anxious. We prodded the steaks until they looked done. We removed them from the grill, and much to our delight, the steaks were seared perfectly. Nicely grilled on the outside, but pink and perfectly beautiful on the inside. I think we all had a tear in our eye that night. I came very close to purchasing another Lean Mean Grilling Machine, the extra large of course. But Tamara heeded me to wait and see how the normal sized grill fairs. Needless to say, it has faired nicely.
This evening we cooked up some fine tuna on the grill, some of the best tuna steaks I have had. I post a link to the recipe here for posterity (Note: outcome unknown if cooking without the aforementioned Forman Grill) -
