Tuna fajitas

Hey look, a recipe. Gwen decided to live dangerously the other night, so she put me in charge of dinner. I came up with the following, and it turned out pretty well.

Ingredients

• 1 lb tuna filets or steaks
• onion
• bell pepper
• other vegetables to suit

for marinade

• soy sauce
• juice of 2 limes
• black pepper
• other spices to suit

for topping

• cilantro, chopped
• red cabbage, chopped

Directions

• Slice the tuna into strips about 0.25″ thick.
• Juice limes and combine marinade ingredients in a non-reactive (pyrex) shallow pan.
• Marinate sliced tuna in pan. Marinade should be deep enough to just cover the strips; if not, you will need to rotate the strips periodically. Leave 20–30 minutes to marinate: the tuna should be uniformly chemically cooked by the lime juice on the outside.
• Slice onion and bell pepper and any other vegetables you want to include into long, narrow strips; also chop toppings.
• Sautee onions in a cast-iron skillet. When onions start turning brown, add bell peppers and any other vegetables; shortly after, add the fish along with the marinade.
• Stir for two minutes, then cover and allow to cook over medium/high heat for another 8 minutes or until the fish is cooked through. Transfer contents of skillet to a serving piece and clean skillet immediately, as lime juice will corrode the surface of the skillet.

This recipe would go well with a chipotle cream sauce as a topping—I’ll try that next time.