Seared Tuna with Summer Salad

Every now and then my grocery store has ahi tuna on sale and I will grab some for this no fuss quick to the table dish.

I like my tuna seared on outside with raw inside, but it got away from me this time and the tuna in photo is medium rare to medium. Still delicious!

Ingredients

• Non stick vegetable cooking spray
• Two 1 inch thick tuna steaks, (about 4 ounces each)
• Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1/2 medium cucumber, peeled and diced
• 1 medium Roma tomato, diced
• 1 ripe avocado, diced
• 2 tablespoons chopped Italian parsley
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• Zest and juice of 1 lime

Instructions

• Lightly coat a ridged stovetop grill pan or outdoor grill with nonstick vegetable spray and preheat.
• Season tuna with salt and pepper.
• Grill tuna until well browned but still rare, about 2 minutes per side. For medium rare, cook 1 minute more, until the flesh begins to pull apart. For medium, cook 2 minutes more, until the flesh flakes apart. Remove to plate.
• Gently toss the cucumber, tomato, avocado with the lime juice, lime zest and olive oil in a medium bowl. Do not over mix or you will mash the avocado. Season with salt and pepper.
• Slice tuna and plate with salad.