The Best Marinade for Tuna Steak: Quick Soy-Ginger Flavor
This easy tuna marinade recipe uses simple ingredients to give your tuna steaks bright, savory flavor before grilling or searing.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 8 min
- Total Time: 38 min
- Yield: 4 servings
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Marinating and Grilling/Searing
- Cuisine: Asian Inspired
- Diet: Low Fat
Ingredients
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- 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, lime juice, sesame oil, grated ginger, minced garlic, brown sugar, and black pepper until the sugar dissolves. This is your flavorful tuna marinade.
- Place your tuna steaks in a shallow dish or a resealable plastic bag.
- Pour the marinade over the tuna steaks, ensuring they are fully coated.
- Cover the dish or seal the bag. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, but no more than 2 hours. Do not over-marinate, as the acid in the lime juice can start to ‘cook’ the fish.
- Remove the tuna from the marinade and pat it dry with paper towels before cooking. Discard the remaining marinade.
- Grill or sear the tuna steaks according to your preferred method.
Notes
- For a spicy marinade for seared tuna, add 1/2 teaspoon of red pepper flakes to the mixture.
- If you are planning to marinate overnight tuna steak marinade, reduce the lime juice by half to prevent the texture from changing too much.
- This quick tuna marinade for grilling works best with steaks that are 1 to 1.5 inches thick.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 steak (after marinating)
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 2
- Sodium: 550
- Fat: 7
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Unsaturated Fat: 6
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 3
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 11
- Cholesterol: 30