Sweet peppers and a pleasingly salty vinaigrette enhance the meaty fish.
Ingredients
4 servings
Step 1
Prepare gas grill for cooking over direct high heat.
Step 2
While grill heats, cut peppers lengthwise into quarters, discarding stems and seeds. Trim ends so that quarters lie flat.
Step 3
Sprinkle tuna all over with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Cook tuna and peppers on lightly oiled grill rack, turning over once, until tuna is pink only in center and peppers are just tender, 4 to 6 minutes total (peppers may take longer than tuna). Transfer tuna and peppers as cooked to a serving plate.
Step 4
While tuna cooks, whisk together lemon juice, mustard, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a small bowl, then add oil in a slow stream, whisking until emulsified. Whisk in capers and parsley.
Step 5
Serve tuna topped with peppers and caper vinaigrette.
If you don't have a gas grill or aren't able to grill outdoors, cook tuna on a lightly oiled well-seasoned large (2-burner) ridged grill pan over moderately high heat, turning once, 4 to 6 minutes total.
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Reviews (33)
Back to TopJust as good with tofu (and a lot less expensive/ rich)! Just be sure tofu is seared with black marks. So freaking delicious!
Mrs. FancyPanties
Park City, UT
4/10/2022
Excellent recipe. Superb balance of flavors between the tuna, the peppers, and the vignette. I simply boiled some farfel pasta and used the vignette as a pasta sauce for excellent quick easy dinner. A glass of pinot noir was an excellent accompaniment.
jmarino33
Phoenix AZ
5/30/2016
Excellent recipe. Superb balance of flavors between the tuna, the peppers, and the vignette. I simply boiled some farfel pasta and used the vignette as a pasta sauce for excellent quick easy dinner. A glass of pinot noir was an excellent accompaniment.
jmarino33
Phoenix AZ
5/30/2016
I've been making this for about four years now, and it may be the most frequent recipe I've made from this site. It is fast and easy and astonishingly bright with flavor and contrast. It is best served with rice, in which case you want to at least triple the sauce (it also keeps well). BUT, this is a waste of top-grade tuna. It is virtually as good with TJ's frozen ahi tuna, or it might be even better with TJ's frozen king salmon. Again, easy to prepare, hard to mess up, and delicious.
NetteMinder
Boston MA
12/12/2013
This recipe is truly amazing. I followed to the dot and we had a very tasty dinner. I really liked the combination of the caper vinaigrette over the delicious tuna and the cubanelle peppers. This is bound to become a favorite seafood dinner recipe.
Silvia_V
Belmont, MA
6/15/2013
Delicious. Not over the top. This is super easy to make. I used red, yellow and orange bell peppers, tossed in a little olive oil and then grilled (in a stir fry pan for the grill). I served ths with some grilled zucchini on the side. A wonderful, light, low carb weeknight meal for sure.
Kodymom
Minnetonka, MN
9/29/2011
Loved it, and it's already in my recipe box! I used multicolofred baby peppers and a few multicolored fingerlings, halved lengthwise, and threw them under the broiler a few minutes before adding the tuna so it was all done at the same time. The vinaigrette is simple, beautiful and the perfect counterpoint -- what a great way to usher spring in!
Anonymous
Illinois
4/12/2011
Tasty! Nice mild flavor.
suzyz
suzyz
11/16/2010
Great flavors; vinaigrette is perfect balance of salty/tangy/fresh. Used orange and yellow peppers since they're what's growing here and they worked fine.
alistevenson
Waldoboro, Maine
8/13/2010
这是一个令人难以置信的简单,优雅而美味的dish. It took me longer to grill the vegies I had on the side (asperagus, onions and red and yellow peppers) than to make, prepare and cook the fish. Will definitly make again and pass on the recipe.
Anonymous
New Jersey
6/28/2010
I love caper sauces but this was a bit bland for me. Next time I will make the caper sauce in advance and let it intensify. I chilled one portion, as I suspect that this will make a great cold dish. Also, I had frozen tuna, cooked on the stove. I might have lost some flavors there, too.
Anonymous
San Antonio, Tx
3/17/2010
I had to modify this based on what I had in house. No peppers or parsley - added shallots to the vinaigrette. Other than that I pretty closely followed the recipe. Husband and 3.5 yr old son loved it. I thought it was very good but maybe over powered the tuna flavor a bit more than I would have liked. I'd make it again, though.
chroezoe
old lyme, ct
3/2/2010
Although my husband loved it, it did nothing for me. Bland and too much lemon.
pcat
1/25/2010
Delicious...left out the capers, but sauce would be good on anything! Made this with rice and yellow peppers, but could vary that.
rblack230
Hamden CT
9/8/2009
Excellent. Easy. When the kids didn't complain about the capers, what more can you say?
hoosrmlkmk
Indiana
4/15/2009
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