Canned tuna - what do I do with it?

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  • tonightokayalright
    tonightokayalright Posts: 289 Member
    This if off topic, but yesterday I bought two big sashimi grade tuna steaks. Can't do that all the time because they cost over $30, not unlike buying high grade beef steaks. Anyhow, last night I seared one steak, and today I grilled the other. They were totally awesome and my girls loved them. We'll be eating more tuna steaks in the future. I'm on a heart healthy diet. That doesn't really help with your canned tuna, does it?

    Up to this point the only way I've eaten and liked tuna is as sashimi or a rare steak... So really, you're on point, just not applicable to my current dilemma :P
  • nis75p06
    nis75p06 Posts: 114
    I suppose you could make tuna salad with high-grade tuna. But it would be criminal.


    I've found that any time I'm going to be actually cooking the canned tuna, the tuna packed in oil does better. Canned tuna is already cooked twice as part of the packing process (once before canning to help strip the meat from the bones and once as part of the canning process). If I'm just mixing with mayo and spices for salad/sandwich, water packed is fine. If I'm cooking (tuna casserole, etc) I get tastier dishes using oil packed tuna.

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