Tuna makes an excellent, versatile protein — fresh or canned, it shines in sauces, casseroles, pastas, and salads.
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Tuna is a wonderful foundation for a host of tasty appetizers, salads, and entrées. At its simplest, jarred or canned tuna is a great pantry staple that lends itself to a quick dish like a weeknight pasta. Succulent fresh tuna steaks are perfect for searing, while sushi-grade tuna makes for excellent raw preparations such as tartare and tiradito. Whether you're looking for a new lunch idea or planning a party, you're sure to find a winning recipe among our favorite tuna dishes.
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Seared Tuna with Soy and Red Chiles
Tuna seared quickly in a large skillet gets a decisive finishing touch from a chicken stock–based sauce that's also bolstered by sesame oil, garlic, soy sauce, and more. Sautéed spinach or broccoli rabe tossed with a touch of soy sauce and a sprinkling of sesame seeds would pair deliciously with this Korean-style fish.
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Italian Tuna Salad
This bright, balanced salad combines oil-packed jarred tuna, sun-dried tomatoes, red onions, juicy Castelvetrano olives, and celery, all tossed in a lemony honey-mustard dressing. It's a perfect example of how a handful of pantry ingredients can come together in just 20 minutes but taste like you prepped them for much longer.
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Tuna Steaks with Lemon Caper Sauce
In just 20 minutes, you could be eating a buttery tuna steak grilled or broiled and topped with a bright lemon-caper sauce, which also pairs beautifully with a side of herby roasted potatoes or grilled veggies.
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Tuna Croquettes
Typically served as an appetizer or side, these hearty, crispy tuna croquettes may steal the show. Make the mixture ahead of time and freeze to have a golden-brown delight ready to fry up any day of the week.
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Tuna-Avocado Ceviche with Salsa Macha
Salsa macha combines olive oil, smoky chiles, toasty nuts, and fried garlic for a bold mix that's great on everything — including tuna. When you add a couple of spoonfuls of the condiment to the cubed raw fish, it creates something extraordinary.
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Tuna Tartare with Ginger Oil, Wasabe, and Sesame Seeds
For chef Eric Ripert's tuna tartare, sushi-grade tuna gets mixed with an infused ginger oil, lemon juice, verdant herbs, and spicy wasabi and jalapeño. It's topped with tomato, more lemon juice and herbs, and an extra drizzle of ginger oil, then served with potato chips for textural delight.
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Spanish-Style Pasta Salad with Tuna and Marinated Tomatoes
2015 F&W Best New Chef Katie Button's pasta salad is a great make-ahead meal for warmer months. It comes together with some simple pantry staples and some seasonal ingredients; make it in big batches and enjoy all week.
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Seared Tuna Tiradito
Tiradito, a thinly sliced Peruvian tuna dish with Japanese influences, features a simple, unexpected sauce that stuns. Kewpie mayo is mixed with citrus juices and spicy chiles, lending just enough creamy, tangy heat to the flash-seared fish.
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Empanadillas Gallegas
A savory Spanish tuna pie gets the handheld treatment from 2015 F&W Best New Chef Katie Button. It's the perfect option for an on-the-go snack or a potluck.
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White Bean and Tuna Salad with Shaved Squash
Give your tuna salad a summery twist thanks to seasonal shaved squash, tender white beans, and herbs that pack a bright punch.
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Mas Riha (Maldivian Tuna Curry)
Leaning on canned coconut milk and warming spices like turmeric, cardamom, cumin, curry leaves, cinnamon, and more, this fragrant dish comes together quickly. Sliced green chiles deliver a generous kick.
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Tuna Noodle Casserole
This take on the classic casserole utilizes a tonnato sauce, aka tuna blended with anchovies, capers, and olive oil as a luxe, punchy coating for tender egg noodles. The potato chips on top are a bonus for crunch lovers.
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Crispy Pork Cutlets with Tonnato Sauce
2020 F&W Best New Chef Daisy Ryan's tonnato features lots of lemon juice to balance the savory depth of tuna and anchovies. It's the perfect topping for crispy breaded pork cutlets.
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Spicy Tuna Melt
To amp up this diner classic, add pickle brine and diced Calabrian chiles; the tangy, spicy combo complements the richness of tuna salad, melty cheese, and buttery griddled bread.
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Ahi Tuna Poke Bowl
Chef Kiki Aranita dresses her tuna with ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, macadamia nuts, and ogo-nori. If you're going for a true Hawaiian-style poke bowl, serve it simply over rice, skipping sides like cucumbers and avocado: “In Hawai'i, we don't serve poke with any sides/extra garnishes,” Aranita says.
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Pan Bagnat (Niçoise Salad Sandwich)
A common street food in Nice, pan bagnat layers the classic elements of a Niçoise salad — tomato, onion, egg, and so on — between slices of bread coated with a tonnato-inspired spread. The ciabatta in this recipe softens as the spread soaks in, making it easier to eat.
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Linguine with Fresh Tuna, Olives, and Capers
Fresh tuna stars in this simple pasta dish, which is bolstered by piquant ingredients like olives, capers, and lemon.
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Tuna Salad
Tuna salad is a lunch staple that everyone should have a good recipe for. Serve this one on toasted bread, in a salad, or with your favorite crackers and crudités.
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Samin’s Spicy Tuna Pantry Pasta
A few pantry staples like tuna, Calabrian chiles, olive oil, and anchovies coalesce into cookbook author Samin Nosrat's pantry pasta in just half an hour.
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Italian-Style Tuna Rice Bowl
A perfect packable lunch, this rice bowl features lots of flavorful Italian ingredients like capers, Castelvetrano olives, and pickled peppers, all tossed with a bright vinaigrette rather than the mayonnaise of American-style tuna salad. Customize the versatile recipe to your heart's desire.
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Crispy Rice Cakes with Spicy Tuna
Baked sushi rice serves as the crispy base to spicy tuna and other flavorful toppings, perfect for serving as finger food at a party.
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Tuna Escabeche Tostadas
F&W’s Justin Chapple mixes spicy pickled jalepeños and carrots with oil-packed tuna for a quick and easy tostada.
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Oil-Poached Tuna with Fennel and Orange
Use the same extra-virgin olive oil to poach fennel, shallots and orange zest and then tender tuna steak, building layers of rich flavors.
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Creamy Tuna Noodle Cazuela
Just as simple as classic tuna casserole but with a Spanish twist, this tuna noodle cazuela from Grace Parisi can be baked in four individual gratin dishes for serving personal portions at an intimate dinner party.
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