How To Quickly Cook Tuna Steaks With Your Oven Broiler

Grilling, frying, baking, sauteing; the possibilities for cooking fresh fish are plentiful and delicious. Tuna, in steak form, is often quickly seared to perfection for an enjoyable meal. The texture and taste of tuna means it doesn't require a whole lot of cooking to get to a tasty point of doneness. In fact, overcooking a tuna steak can lead to dry, chewy, and downright inedible piece of protein, which is definitely less than delicious. Of the variety of ways to cook tuna steak without drying it out, using your oven might seem among the more laborious options. However, it's actually very straightforward to quickly cook your tuna steaks in the broiler for an easy lunch, dinner, or anytime fish meal.

Rather than using a traditional and slower method of baking your tuna in the oven, cooking it with a high blast of heat from your oven's broiler is an excellent way to efficiently get your fish dish done without being overdone. The best part is that it only takes about two to three minutes per side on high heat for your tuna steaks to be ready. Knowing this, all you need to do is choose your favorite seasonings or marinades to prepare your fish prior to oven broiling and then decide what sides you should serve alongside it.

You can choose from a number of tasty tuna steak recipes for a cooked tuna dish that easily translates to the oven-broiler method. Simply prepare the fish however you wish and pop it briefly into the broiler for perfectly tender steaks. It's a good idea to brush both sides with a little olive or other cooking oil before it goes in. If you're unsure, do check our guide to the correct temperature for cooking tuna steak. But beyond that it's only a matter of how done you want your fish to be, checking while you cook to ensure you're not drying out your food by overcooking. 

To switch a dry-rub spicy tuna recipe from the grill method to the oven-broiled route, simply prepare the fish with your dry rub coating, heat your broiler, and pop the fish on a non-stick or lined pan and into the oven to cook for two to four minutes on each side. You can even use this method for a baked tuna steak with sesame-miso glaze that will cook in less than half the usual time. So next time tuna steaks are on your home menu, don't forget your oven broiler for a quick, fuss-free solution.