Grilled Dukkah Crusted Tuna

This grilled dukkah crusted tuna makes for a healthy and delicious dinner. Tuna grills up super fast so this recipe really comes together quickly!

I love dukkah seasoning and have a basic homemade version of the blend here. I also buy the mix at the store because it’s easy. I have noticed that different brands of dukkah do taste differently. The best store bought brand I have found is from Kroger stores, the private selection blend. I don’t love the trader joes blend nearly as much because it has a much stronger concentration of fennel seeds and anise seeds, which I personally think overpower things. So when buying a dukkah you should look at your ingredients.

The main part of dukkah comes from nuts and seeds. The main nuts used are almonds, hazelnuts and pistachios. They all have sesame seeds and sometimes other seeds too. I have also seen citrus zests mixed into the blends too. So the term dukkah represents a wide varieties of variations. However, they are all delicious in their own way and will work great for this recipe.

Here are a few other dukkah recipes I have on my website:

Dukkah Grilled Eggplant
Dukkah Spice Blend
Sticky Dukkah Chicken

What you need to make this grilled dukkah crusted tuna:

Printable recipe is below.

Serves 2

• 2 tuna steaks – Ahi or any variety of tuna, roughly 1 pound
• Sprinkle of salt
• Sprinkle of pepper
• Zest from 1/2 a lemon
• 3-4 tablespoons dukkah seasoning

Lemon butter sauce

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• Lemon zest from the other half of the lemon
• Pinch black pepper
• Pinch salt
• 2 tablespoons salted butter – melted

Serving suggestions:

• Couscous
• Cauliflower rice
• Seasoned rice
• Sautéed or roasted vegetables

Instructions for this grilled dukkah crusted tuna:

1. Preheat grill, oven or skillet to 350 F.
2. Season your tuna steak with a sprinkle of salt and black pepper.
3. Add your lemon zest to the tuna and pack your tuna steaks in dukkah seasoning, pressing onto the tuna so it doesn’t fall off, once cooked it will adhere to the fish.
4. Grill you tuna steaks briefly, about 10-15 minutes turning at about 5-7 minutes. You don’t want to overcook your tuna steaks, in fact keeping them rare in the middle is ideal.
5. To make your lemon sauce, add lemon juice, zest, black pepper and salted butter together then drizzle over the freshly cooked tuna.
6. Serve with couscous, cauliflower rice, rice or roasted or sautéed vegetables.

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Grilled Dukkah Crusted Ahi Tuna

Crusted tuna steaks with dukkah seasoning and a lemon butter sauce on top.

Course Dinner, fish, healthy, Main Course

Cuisine Dinner, Fish, grilled, main course

Keyword Dinner, fish, grill, smoker, tuna, Weekend Dinner, Weeknight Dinner

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 2 servings

Ingredients

• 2 tuna steaks – roughly 1 pound
• Sprinkle of salt
• Sprinkle of pepper
• Zest from 1/2 a lemon
• 3-4 tablespoons dukkah seasoning
• lemon butter sauce:
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• Lemon zest from the other half of the lemon
• Pinch black pepper
• Pinch salt
• 2 tablespoons salted butter – melted
• serving suggestions:
• Couscous
• Cauliflower rice
• Seasoned rice
• Sautéed or roasted vegetables

Instructions

• Preheat grill, oven or skillet to 350 F.
• Season your tuna steak with a sprinkle of salt and black pepper.
• Add your lemon zest to the tuna and pack your tuna steaks in dukkah seasoning, pressing onto the tuna so it doesn’t fall off, once cooked it will adhere to the fish.
• Grill you tuna steaks briefly, about 10-15 minutes turning at about 5-7 minutes. You don’t want to overcook your tuna steaks, in fact keeping them rare in the middle is ideal.
• To make your lemon sauce, add lemon juice, zest, black pepper and salted butter together then drizzle over the freshly cooked tuna.
• Serve with couscous, cauliflower rice, rice or roasted or sautéed vegetables.