Cajun Blackened Tuna with Cucumber Avocado Salad

Directions

Directions: 1. Heat oven to 400 F. Combine paprika, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, cumin, pepper, and cayenne pepper on a plate. 2. Rub butter over tuna steaks. Press tuna steaks into spice mixture; gently rub spices onto fish. 3. Heat a large heavy ovenproof skillet (cast iron works great) over high heat for 2 minutes or until skillet smokes. 4. Cook tuna steaks 1 minute on each side. They will make some smoke; this is normal. Transfer skillet to oven and roast fish 5 minutes for medium rare doneness. Tuna, a naturally lean fish, is tender and juicy when cooked rare or medium-rare. In this dish, searing dry heat chars a spice crust onto the fish. If you don’t have an ovenproof skillet, transfer seared fish to a baking sheet to finish cooking.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 4 (8 ounce) tuna steaks (about 2/3" thick each)

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