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

Main Courses
Vegetables
Fish & Seafood
Grilling & Barbecue
Salads

Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1998

Cook it well past rare, if you like--an hour's soak in extra-virgin olive oil takes the tough out of tuna.

SERVES 4

TIME 55 minutes, plus 1 hour marinating

Grilled Tuna with Watercress-Parsley Salad and Charmoula Vinaigrette

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