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    Home ยป Seafood/Fish

    Seared Tuna With Artichoke Puttanesca Sauce

    First Published: January 19, 2011 . Last Modified: October 1, 2021 lisa19 Comments This post may contain affiliate links

    One of my New Year resolutions was to eat better and exercise more. In other words, I want to lose a few pounds especially since I have a high school reunion coming up this year. It is now the middle of January and I have been happily filling my belly with muffins, mini lasagnas, football watching food and other goodies. Well it's time to get a little more serious in my healthy eating and exercising regime. So I am trying to make fish at least once a week. A few of my readers wanted some healthy fish and chicken recipes so this will be the first of many.

    If you remember in December, I made a Puttanesca sauce for pasta. A while back I had this type of sauce on fresh tuna at a restaurant. So I tried to recreate this dish while also incorporating more veggies into it. I added plenty of chopped onion and some artichoke hearts. This chunky sauce worked well with the fish.

    There were quite a bit of leftovers as only my daughter and I like tuna in our household. So the best part was having a salad the next day. I topped some mixed greens with the tuna mixture and drizzled it with olive oil and vinegar. It was almost better than the original meal.

    Seared Tuna with Artichoke Puttanesca Sauce

    2 TBS olive oil, divided
    1 large red onion, peeled and chopped
    2 cloves chopped garlic
    14 ounce can chopped tomatoes
    14 ounce can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
    2 TBS drained capers (from a jar)
    ยผ cup chopped kalamata olives (from a jar)
    ยฝ cup red wine
    ยฝ teaspoon dried Italian seasonings
    ยผ cup chopped parsley, divided
    crushed red pepper, to taste
    1 ยฝ pounds fresh tuna steaks, cut into 3 inch pieces

    In a heavy skillet, heat 1 TBS olive oil (reserve the rest) on medium and cook onion until translucent. Add garlic, tomatoes, artichokes, capers, olives, wine, Italian seasoning, half of parsley and red pepper to taste. Simmer for about 15 to 20 minutes on low until sauce is bubbly and thick. While sauce is simmering, heat remaining oil in another frying pan on high and sear tuna for about 2 to 3 minutes on each side (depending on how rare or done you like it). When tuna is cooked, spoon sauce on top of it. Sprinkle with remaining parsley before serving.

     

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    1. Karen Harris

      January 19, 2011 at 9:39 pm

      I'm not a big fish eater but I do love tuna. This looks delicious and you're right about leftover tuna the next day, sometimes it is best in a salad. Happy New Year!

      Reply
    2. Margie

      January 19, 2011 at 10:11 pm

      What a cool adaptation of Puttanesca. And that salad looks amazing. Looking forward to more of your fish recipes for the new year!

      Reply
    3. claudia lamascolo

      January 19, 2011 at 11:06 pm

      I would have loved to be a guest in your home for this one! Lovely love this one!

      Reply
    4. marla

      January 20, 2011 at 11:16 am

      Puttanesca is my all time favorite tomato sauce. I Love that you put it over this seared tuna - I prefer that to pasta anyday ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
    5. The Japanese Redneck

      January 20, 2011 at 11:33 am

      Yum, sounds soooooo good!

      Reply
    6. The Food Hunter

      January 20, 2011 at 12:35 pm

      The sauce looks great and I love the way you added it to your salade the next day.

      Reply
    7. That Girl

      January 20, 2011 at 1:45 pm

      I can do without the tuna but I am definitely going to be adding artichoke to my next putannesca.

      Reply
    8. kat

      January 20, 2011 at 2:19 pm

      I bet that is a super tasty way to eat fish. I really need to be digging into the 20 pounds of salmon in my freezer

      Reply
    9. teresa

      January 20, 2011 at 2:37 pm

      what a gorgeous dish, i've never had anything like this!

      Reply
    10. Jeanette

      January 20, 2011 at 2:53 pm

      Love puttanesca sauce and this one sounds even better with artichokes that are high in fiber. Great idea!

      Reply
    11. Ciao Chow Linda

      January 20, 2011 at 7:06 pm

      I'm as bad as you in sabotaging myself with too many remainders of holiday goodies. But like you, I'm trying to eat more fish too and this looks like a winner.

      Reply
    12. Maria

      January 20, 2011 at 8:38 pm

      Fantastic fish dish!

      Reply
    13. Debbie

      January 21, 2011 at 7:39 am

      Wow! That looks great...I love that dish. That is exactly what I would love for dinner tonight but I don't have any tuna steaks....

      Reply
    14. Jen_from_NJ

      January 22, 2011 at 5:32 pm

      What a great and healthy meal idea! I love it!

      Reply
    15. Leslie

      January 23, 2011 at 2:39 pm

      Ohhh yeah..High School reunions are a huge motivator of weight loss!!!
      Delicious dinner. It has been forever since I have had seared tuna

      Reply
    16. Meaghan Luby

      January 24, 2011 at 5:11 pm

      yummmmmmmmmmmm, my gosh
      what a great, healthy meal!!
      thanks for posting!
      -meg
      @clutzycooking.blogspot.com
      @myscribblednotebook.blogspot.com

      Reply
    17. Mandy

      January 25, 2011 at 8:10 pm

      Lisa, this looks amazing! I've been craving a great puttanesca for a few weeks, I never thought of having it with fish. can't wait to try it! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
    18. Fight the Fat Foodie

      January 26, 2011 at 12:58 pm

      What a wonderful spin on puttanesca

      Reply
    19. Aggie

      January 28, 2011 at 10:13 pm

      This is my kind of dinner!! I have some tuna in the freezer, I don't cook with it often. This looks so good!

      Reply

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