Grilled Spicy Tuna

Ingredients

• Thick cut pieces of tuna, one per person
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 T red wine vinegar
• 1 T soy sauce
• 1 tsp. garlic powder
• 1 tsp. fish rub or seafood seasoning
• 1 tsp. hot pepper flakes

Directions

1. Stir the marinade ingredients together. Place the tuna in a zip loc bag, pour in the marinade, and refrigerate for 1-3 hours. As a general rule, fish should not sit in an acidic marinade for too long, because the acid can begin to firm it up as if it were cooking.
2. When you are ready to cook, rub the grill grates with olive oil using a paper towel, then heat a charcoal or gas grill to high. At high heat, you should only be able to hold your hand over the grill for about 2 seconds.
3. Set a colander in the sink, add the fish, and let the marinade drain away. Discard the used marinade.
4. Grill the tuna for 4-6 minutes per side. Use 4 minutes per side for medium rare, 5 minutes per side for medium, and 6 minutes per side for well done. For good grill marks, make sure the grill is very hot, set the tuna on the grates at a diagonal, cook for 3 minutes, turn it, cook for 3 minutes more, and then spend less time cooking the second side.