• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Sweet Beginnings Blog

  • Home
  • About
  • Recipe Index
    • Appetizers/Dips
    • Beef
    • Beverages
    • Bready Things
    • Breakfast/Brunch
    • Fish & Other Seafood
      • Cod
      • Mahi Mahi
      • Salmon
      • Scallops
      • Shrimp
      • Tilapia
      • Tuna
    • Game Meat
      • Lamb
      • Venison
    • Pasta
    • Pizza
    • Pork
    • Poultry
      • Chicken
      • Turkey
    • Salad
    • Sammiches, Burgers, Wraps, etc.
    • Side Dishes
    • Soups, Stews, and Chili
    • Tacos, Taquitos, Tostadas, & Burritos
    • Vegetarian/Meatless
  • Sweet Treats
    • Brownies, Bars, & Fudge
      • Bars
      • Brownies
      • Fudge
    • Cake
    • Candy
    • Cheesecake
    • Cookies
    • Crisp
    • Cupcakes & Muffins
      • Cupcakes
      • Muffins
    • Dessert Pops
    • Donuts
    • Fruit Salad
    • Ice Cream
    • Pastries
    • Pie
    • Popcorn
    • Snack Mix
    • Sweet Bread
    • Tarts
    • Truffles
  • Privacy Policy

Grilled Tuna with Mediterranean Yogurt Sauce

August 3, 2015 by Jaida 1 Comment

Happy first-Monday-of-August! I hope you all had a fantabulous weekend and that your Monday has started off well. As well as Monday can, anyway.

J and I had a pretty busy weekend and were away from the house almost all of Saturday and Sunday. It makes the weekend go by fast, that’s for sure! But we’re trying to get the most out of summer while we can, and it’s not like the laundry won’t be there waiting when we get home. Oh goody. On top of a fun and busy weekend, J started a new job today and we are so excited and thankful for the blessing that this is for our family. 2015 is proving to be a pretty good year, indeed.

Something else that’s pretty good? These grilled tuna steaks with Mediterranean yogurt sauce. Like, whoa.

Grilled Tuna with Mediterranean Yogurt Sauce
We eat a lot of salmon, on a pretty regular basis, but J really likes tuna steaks as well. So, I’m always on the lookout for good tuna steak recipes. And you know a good recipe for me almost always includes a sauce. Add lemon zest to the mix and I am sold.

Tuna steaks have a tendency to dry out the more well-done you cook them, and J likes his with minimal pink to them so I’m always a little hesitant in making it during the week where we need to have leftovers for lunch the next day. Because, almost-dried-out tuna reheated in the microwave for lunch the next day = really dried out tuna that’s hard to choke down. For me anyway.

Fortunately this recipe kept the tuna pretty moist, even in it’s well-done state, and the sauce just made it that much better. I, of course, am not an olive fan so I left the olives out of my sauce, but J was super stoked to get them in his. The lemony-garlicky-yogurty sauce was de-lish and the olive oil lemon zest marinade on the tuna really shined through.  I worried that the quick marinating time would yield flavorless fish, but alas it worked out really well and the seasonings really stuck to the fish.

Tuna with Sauce

This is definitely a tuna steak that I can see making a return appearance in our house. You should give it a try!

Grilled Tuna with Mediterranean Yogurt Sauce
As seen on Magnolia Days
Ingredients
  • 4 fresh tuna steaks (about 1-inch thick)
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp grated lemon zest
  • 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • ½ tsp Greek seasoning
For the Mediterranean yogurt sauce
  • 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 Tbsp finely chopped red bell pepper
  • 1 Tbsp finely chopped Kalamata olives
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • ½ tsp Greek seasoning
 

Preparation

  1. In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, lemon zest and juice and Greek seasoning for the tuna steaks. Place tuna steaks on a plate or platter and pour the mixture over the top, then turn the steaks to coat both sides.
  2. Heat a grill pan or grill over medium-high heat (about 450°F). Cook the tuna to your desired doneness (about 2 minutes per side for medium-rare, 4-5 minutes per side for well done.)
  3. Meanwhile (or a day ahead of time) combine all the ingredients for the yogurt sauce together in a medium bowl. Stir so all ingredients are mixed and evenly distributed. Refrigerate until ready to use.
  4. Serve the tuna steaks with the yogurt sauce.

Filed Under: Fish, Seafood, Tuna

Previous Post: « Lemon Parsley Turkey Meatballs with Lemon Coconut Curry Sauce and Lemon-Coconut Rice
Next Post: Taco Tuesday: Jerked Sriracha Pulled Pork Tacos with Creamy Kiwi Avocado Salsa Verde »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Kylee Ayotte

    August 3, 2015 at 7:27 pm

    I so wish I liked fish. So many recipes of yours to try!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Welcome!

As a busy wife and mom who also works a full time job, I try to have dinner done in 30 minutes or less so I can spend more of my evenings with my hubby and baby girl, so what you will find here are recipes that are mostly-healthy, quick and easy. Of course I have desserts, less healthy and more time-intensive meals as well (everything in moderation!), but all-in-all, you can count on weeknight friendly options, all made with love and dished up with a side of life, love, and family! Read More…

Let’s Be Social!

Search this website

Never miss a post from Sweet Beginnings

Categories

Archives

Footer

© 2025 Sweet Beginnings · Tasteful Theme by Restored 316