Grilled Tuna With Bell Pepper Salsa

So pretty.

Fish has always seemed a bit mystical to me, most people I know never cook the stuff. A good tuna steak is pretty cheap, and very tasty. This recipe is pretty foolproof, and delicious. It's great way to get into cooking a good cut of fish, and the fresh peppers are just coming into season, which means they'll be cheap and yummy.

Ingredients:
~3 cups de-seeded chopped tomato (any will work, here. Pick one you like. I prefer Roma tomatoes, or Campari tomatoes, on the vine. For the love of everything tasty, do NOT refrigerate them before you use them. That makes them mealy, more on that in a later post.)
1/2 cup chopped cilantro leaves
2 jalapeno chiles, seeded and chopped
1 clove minced garlic
1 small green bell pepper, chopped
1 small yellow bell pepper, chopped
5 tblsp lime juice
1 tsp olive oil
4 boneless skinless tuna steaks

In a bowl, mix the peppers, cilantro, chiles, garlic, and 2 tblsp of the lime juice. Cover, and let it hang out for a while so the flavors mix. I'd make this the night before, if possible. It'll soften the peppers. It forms a kind of ceviche. The citric acid cooks the peppers, without losing any of the vitamins or flavors. Add the tomatoes at the last minute, if you can, to keep them fresh and bright.

Mix the remaining lime juice with the oil. Rinse the fish and pat it dry, then brush both sides with the lime mixture. Fire up your grill for medium heat, and slap some olive oil on the grill's grate so the fish doesn't stick. Cook for about 2 minutes, flip, then cook for another 2 minutes. It should be browned but still a pale pink in the center. When you buy fresh tuna, you *can* cook it to a doneness. There's no "this fish is cooked enough to not get me sick" with fresh tuna, so cook it like a steak. If you're nervous? Cook it until it flakes when you push it. Me? I like it a bit more on the mid rare side.

Put it on a plate, top it with the salsa. Easy. This plays best with a good tossed salad, since it's already amazingly healthy. Field greens in a light vinaigrette is my favorite bed to put this on.