More fresh tuna recipes

Tuna is widely available, but can sometimes see a dip in availability due to the monsoon season and where the tuna has been landed. Various types of tuna – particularly yellowfin and skipjack tuna – are also used for the canning industry.

Serious sustainability issues surround this fish, particularly when whole shoals are caught using large nets (such as with the purse-seining method). It is widely agreed that albacore tuna caught by pole is the best option as these fish are landed individually. Bluefin tuna - the most prized and the most vulnerable - should be avoided. Skipjack tuna, used in tinned tuna is the most sustainable of all the tuna species.

Tuna is cleaned, skinned and cut into loins upon capture; there are very rarely any residual bones, so the fish requires a minimal amount of preparation. For cooking it is best brushed with oil and lightly seasoned; pan-frying, chargrilling and barbecuing are the best methods of cooking. Tuna is often cooked ‘tataki’ style: the fish is seared very quickly on the outside and served completely raw in the middle. A dressing of soy and sesame with nam pla, ginger and chilli all work brilliantly with tuna. Good-quality tuna is also used for Japanese sushi and sashimi.

More fresh tuna recipes

Malfatti with tuna, tomato sauce and pesto

Salade Niçoise

Gnocchi primavera with grilled tuna and confit lemon

Seared tuna with tomato, red pepper and chilli salsa

Griddled tuna with olive tapenade and garlic soup

Fish with roasted peppers

Tuna poke bowl

Spiced tuna steak with chickpea curry

Herbed tuna carpaccio with pickled cucumber and bean salad

Marmitako (Basque fish stew)

Seared tuna sashimi with avocado salad

Malaysian fish curry

Sushi rolls

Tuna tartare with chilli, ginger and sesame

Niçoise salade

Caldeirada (Portuguese monster fish stew)

How to cook tuna steaks

Tuna poke (Hawaiian raw tuna salad)

Peppercorn crusted tuna with ginger and soy dressing

Griddled lemon and parsley tuna with romesco salad

Tuna Niçoise

Seared tuna with panzanella-style salad

Grilled tuna with tomato salsa

Seared tuna with glass noodle salad

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