Boil tuna in a saucepan for 5-7 minutes after boiling. Boil tuna in a double boiler for 15-20 minutes. Cook tuna in a slow cooker on the “Cooking” or “Stew” mode for 5-7 minutes.
How to cook tuna
You will need – tuna, water, salt, herbs and spices to taste
In a saucepan
1. Wash the tuna, peel.
2. Rip open the belly of the tuna, remove the insides, cut off the tail, head, fins.
3. Cut the tuna into portions.
4. Pour water into the pan so that the tuna is completely covered, place on medium heat, wait for the boil.
5. Salt the boiling water to taste, put a bay leaf, a couple of black peppercorns, pieces of tuna, wait for it to boil again.
6. Boil tuna for 5-7 minutes.
How to cook tuna in a double boiler
1. Wash the tuna, peel it.
2. Open the belly of the tuna, remove the insides, cut off the tail, head, and fins.
3. Cut the tuna into portions.
4. Rub the pieces of tuna on both sides with salt and black pepper.
5. Put the pieces of tuna in the bowl of a double boiler, put a bay leaf on top of the steaks.
6. Turn on the steamer, cook for 15-20 minutes.
How to cook tuna in a slow cooker
1. Wash the tuna, peel it.
2. Open the belly of the tuna, remove the insides, cut off the fins, tail, head.
3. Cut the tuna into portions.
4. Put pieces of tuna, a couple of bay leaves, black peppercorns into a multi-cooker bowl, pour water so that it completely covers the tuna, salt with a large pinch of salt.
5. Close the multicooker bowl.
6. Turn on the multicooker, set the “Cooking” or “Extinguishing” mode for 5-7 minutes.
Tasty Facts
Boiled tuna has a dryish fibrous meat, mainly boiled tuna for various culinary experiments and diets.
On an industrial scale, tuna began to be grown not so long ago, in the 80s, and the popularity of this fish came to Russia along with the fashion for Japanese cuisine. It should be said that raw tuna from the store should be used with caution. After all, restaurants serve certain parts of fish of the first freshness and proven species. In addition, there are many horror stories of infections and infections on the network. Here then, to calm those who are afraid, they cook tuna.
To make tuna softer, you can use tomato paste, tomato juice and cream when cooking – if you stew tuna with such sauces, it will turn out more tender.
The classic use of tuna in cooking is canning, initial frying for making rolls and sushi. By the way, soup is cooked from canned food. Canned tuna in soup is soft and not stringy. Tuna steaks are also fried, leaving the center of the steaks raw – and then the tuna meat resembles beef.