Grilled Tuna with Watercress-Parsley Salad and Charmoula Vinaigrette

Name: Grilled Tuna with Watercress-Parsley Salad and Charmoula Vinaigrette
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 , tuna steaks (about 3/4-inch thick and 8 ounces each); 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 2 1/2 tablespoons, lemon juice from 1 lemon; 2 small cloves, garlic, minced; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, ground cumin; 1/4 teaspoon, paprika; 1/8 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 2 tablespoons, chopped fresh cilantro leaves; 1/2 cup, extra-virgin olive oil; , ground black pepper; 1 bunch, watercress, washed, dried well, and trimmed; 1 cup, fresh parsley leaves, washed and dried well

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1998

SERVES4

TIME55 minutes, plus 1 hour marinating

Grilled Tuna with Watercress-Parsley Salad and Charmoula Vinaigrette

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For the best grilled tuna recipe, one that produced tuna steaks beautifully seared on the outside and moist and tender on the inside, we turned to olive oil. We discovered that marinating the fish in extra-virgin olive for at least an hour ...

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