Peppered tuna kabobs are an easy and delicious way to enjoy a healthy seafood meal. This versatile dish can be cooked on the grill, in the oven, or even on a stovetop grill pan. Marinating the tuna in a flavorful mixture of herbs, spices, and oil not only enhances its taste but also helps keep it moist and tender during cooking. To create the perfect peppered tuna kabobs, you will need a combination of fresh tuna steaks, colourful bell peppers, juicy tomatoes, hearty onions, and an array of aromatic spices. With just a few simple steps, you'll have a delightful dish that's both visually appealing and bursting with flavour.
Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!
TUNA TERIYAKI KABOBS
I love to barbecue but don't always want a heavy dinner. These are perfect in the spring, and you'll have room for dessert! -Holly Battiste, Barrington, New Jersey
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 40m
Yield 8 kabobs.
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Thread tuna chunks onto 4 metal or soaked wooden skewers. Thread pepper and onion pieces onto 4 more skewers. Place skewers in a 13x9-in. baking dish., Whisk together marinade ingredients. Reserve half of mixture for salad dressing. Pour remaining marinade over skewers; refrigerate, covered, 30 minutes., Grill kabobs, covered, on a greased grill rack over medium heat, turning occasionally, until tuna is slightly pink in center for medium-rare (2-3 minutes per side) and vegetables are crisp-tender (10-12 minutes). Remove tuna kabobs from direct heat and keep warm while vegetables finish grilling., For salad, toss spinach, yellow pepper and cherry tomatoes with reserved dressing. For each portion, serve a tuna kabob and vegetable kabob over salad.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 389 calories, Fat 16g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 66mg cholesterol, Sodium 444mg sodium, Carbohydrate 15g carbohydrate (9g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 45g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
PEPPERED TUNA SKEWERS WITH WASABI MAYONNAISE
Categories Appetizer Marinate Quick & Easy Mayonnaise Wasabi Tuna Bon Appétit Sugar Conscious Kidney Friendly Pescatarian Dairy Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Kosher
Yield Makes 28
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Mix 2 tablespoons wasabi powder and 1 1/2 tablespoons water in small bowl to blend. Whisk in 1/2 cup mayonnaise. Cover wasabi mayonnaise and refrigerate at least 30 minutes. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
- Combine tuna and soy sauce in medium bowl; toss to coat. Marinate tuna 30 minutes at room temperature, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, thread 1 ginger slice onto each skewer 2 inches from tip.
- Line platter with watercress. Place bowl of wasabi mayonnaise on platter. Drain tuna; pat dry. Return to medium bowl. Sprinkle with pepper; toss to coat. Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add tuna and sear until browned on all sides but still pink inside, about 2 minutes total. Thread 1 tuna cube onto each prepared skewer next to ginger. Arrange skewers on platter and serve.
- *Available at Japanese markets and specialty foods stores and in the Asian foods section of some supermarkets.
GRILLED TUNA KEBABS
Provided by Molly O'Neill
Categories dinner, main course
Time 2h
Yield Four servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Sprinkle 1 teaspoon salt over the eggplant cubes and place on paper towels. Let stand for 1 hour. Rinse and drain. Heat 2 teaspoons of the olive oil in a large nonstick skillet. Add the eggplant and saute until half cooked, about 4 minutes. Using 8 metal or bamboo skewers that have been soaked in water, skewer the tuna, peppers, onion and eggplant pieces, alternating colors and dividing the ingredients evenly among the skewers.
- Combine the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, lemon juice, basil and salt and pepper to taste in a shallow dish. Place the skewers in the dish and turn to coat in the marinade. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes, turning from time to time.
- Preheat a grill or broiler. Remove the skewers from the marinade and grill until tuna begins to char on the outside but is still pink in the center, about 2 minutes per side (about 8 minutes total).
- Heat a medium-size skillet over medium-high heat. Add the spinach and cook until just wilted. Divide among 4 plates. Spoon the hot rice beside the spinach and top both with 2 skewers per plate. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 484, UnsaturatedFat 7 grams, Carbohydrate 68 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 20 grams, Protein 38 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 694 milligrams, Sugar 22 grams, TransFat 0 grams
PEPPERED TUNA KABOBS
When we barbecue, we like to wow our guests, so dogs and burgers are out! We make tuna skewers topped with salsa-the perfect easy recipe. My five kids like to help me put them together. -Jennifer Ingersoll, Herndon, Virginia
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- For salsa, in a small bowl, combine the first five ingredients; set aside., Rub tuna with pepper. On four metal or soaked wooden skewers, alternately thread red peppers, tuna and mango., Place skewers on greased grill rack. Cook, covered, over medium heat, turning occasionally, until tuna is slightly pink in center (medium-rare) and peppers are tender, 10-12 minutes. Serve with salsa.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 205 calories, Fat 2g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 51mg cholesterol, Sodium 50mg sodium, Carbohydrate 20g carbohydrate (12g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 29g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
FISHY MIXED GRILL: SWORDFISH KABOBS WITH GARLIC AND LEMON, TUNA STEAKS WITH ORANGE AND ROSEMARY
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 27
Steps:
- Preheat grill pan or outdoor grill to medium high heat.
- Cube swordfish into generous bite-size chunks. Zest 2 lemons and pile zest on cutting board. Add 4 cloves garlic to zest and chop garlic. Add about a teaspoon of coarse salt to garlic and lemon and combine with flat part of the knife. Chop parsley and mix into garlic and salt. Add a generous amount of coarse black pepper to the pile and mix together with your finger tips. Coat the swordfish in a few tablespoons evoo ¿ enough to coat it evenly, just eyeball it. Slather the lemon zest and garlic mixture all over the fish. The evoo will make it stick. Pile the cubes onto metal skewers, it should fill 2 (12-inch) skewers. Set the fish aside for 10 to 15 minutes. Cut up 1 of the zested lemons into wedges and reserve.
- Cut tuna steak into 6 small portions. Combine the zest of 2 oranges with the remaining 4 cloves garlic and chop. Add chopped rosemary to garlic and orange zest and combine with flat of knife. Add about 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt and about 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper to the mix. Place a few tablespoons balsamic vinegar and 1/4 cup evoo into a shallow dish. Add the orange-rosemary mixture and mix together. Add the fish and coat evenly in dressing and let stand 10 to 15 minutes. Peel oranges and slice into disks.
- Throw together a salad, such as Panzanella with The Works, below, then go back to the fish.
- When you are ready to eat, grill swordfish skewers 3 minutes on each side, 6 minute total. Slide from skewers and squeeze lemon juice over the fish. Cook tuna steaks 2 to 3 minutes on each side for pink, medium-rare fish, 4 minutes on each side for fully cooked fish. Serve tuna with sliced oranges alongside and scatter scallions over both. Each person should end up with 4 or 5 cubes of swordfish and 1 small tuna steak. Serve with salad.
- Combine all the salad ingredients in a large bowl and dress salad with lemon juice, red wine vinegar, evoo, and a splash of the hot pepper juice, then season with salt and pepper, to your taste.
PEPPER CRUSTED TUNA STEAK
Steps:
- Mix the basil, thyme and the black pepper together. Season the tuna with the mixture. In a hot saute pan, add the olive oil and sear the tuna until cooked rare or to desired temperature. Remove the tuna. Then add the bok choy with the wasabi, fish stock and the soy sauce to the hot saute. Reduce the stock by a quarter. Remove from heat and ladle the soy wasabi broth into the bowls and place the cooked tuna on the top of top of the bok choy.
THE HOUDINI'S MAGICAL TUNA KABOBS WITH PINEAPPLE GLAZE
Step away from the Hot Plate and Head to the Grill! The Hot Plate Houdini's would like to introduce you to The Houdini's Magical Jerk Tuna Kabobs with Pineapple Glaze, created especially for ZWT3. Make plenty, they'll "Disappear Fast!"
Provided by Geema
Categories Tuna
Time 2h25m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 24
Steps:
- Put first 12 ingredients -- scallions through cinnamon -- into a blender and puree.
- Pour marinade into a plastic bag, then add the tuna.
- Place bag, sealed well, into the refrigerator for 2 - 6 hours, turning every once in a while to distribute marinade evenly.
- If using wooden skewers, cover them with water in a shallow dish and let stand for 2 hours.
- In a pot of boiling water, blanch the bell peppers, zucchini, and onion for 1-2 minutes depending on the size of the slices. Drain and pat dry.
- Make pineapple glaze by placing pineapple juice, lemon juice, ginger, chili, soy, honey and cilantro in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then turn down to medium low, cooking until mixture is reduced by half. Set aside.
- Remove tuna from refrigerator and drain off marinade.
- On metal or wooden skewers alternately thread ingredients: a slice of onion, tuna , pineapple, bell pepper, zucchini, etc. or in any order that pleases you.
- Heat grill to medium high and cook the kabobs for about 6-8 minutes total, turning once. Use pineapple glaze often to brush on kabobs as cooking and to drizzle any remaining on plates.
TUNA KABOBS
Make and share this Tuna Kabobs recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Lorac
Categories Tuna
Time 25m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat grill to medium high.
- Combine soy, vinegar, sesame oil and wasabi in a ziplock bag.
- Add tuna and marinate at room temperature for 10 minutes.
- Thread tuna on skewers and cook on an oiled grill 5-10 minutes or until browned outside and cooked to desired degree of doneness inside.
SEARED TUNA KEBABS
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Yield Serves 2
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Prepare grill.
- Cut fennel into 1-inch-thick wedges and halve crosswise into 1-inch pieces. In a medium saucepan of boiling salted water blanch fennel 2 1/2 minutes. In a colander drain fennel and refresh under cold water.
- In a bowl stir together oil, garlic, gingerroot, lime juice, and thyme. Add fennel, cucumber, and tuna, tossing to coat, and let stand, covered, at room temperature 15 minutes.
- Thread fennel, cucumber, and tuna onto two 10-inch metal skewers and grill kebabs on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals, turning them, until tuna is cooked through, about 12 minutes.
Tips:
- Selecting the Right Tuna: Opt for fresh, sushi-grade tuna steaks or fillets to ensure the best flavor and texture.
- Proper Seasoning: Generously season the tuna with pepper, salt, and your preferred herbs or spices to enhance its flavor.
- Marinade Magic: Marinating the tuna in a flavorful mixture of olive oil, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger adds extra depth of flavor.
- Grilling Technique: Grill the tuna kabobs over medium-high heat to achieve a slight char on the outside while keeping the inside moist and tender.
- Accompaniments: Serve the tuna kabobs with a variety of accompaniments, such as grilled vegetables, rice, or a refreshing salad, for a complete meal.
Conclusion:
Peppery Tuna Kabobs offer a delightful culinary experience that combines the bold flavors of pepper and tuna with the convenience of skewers. By following these tips and the provided recipes, you can easily create this tantalizing dish at home. Whether you're grilling for a backyard barbecue or looking for a quick and healthy weeknight meal, these kabobs are sure to impress with their zesty flavors and succulent texture. So, fire up your grill, gather your ingredients, and embark on a flavorful journey with Peppery Tuna Kabobs!
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