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Tuna steaks with chilli lime butter

Perk up grilled fish or meat with this flavoursome, chilli-infused butter.

Perk up grilled fish or meat with this flavoursome, chilli-infused butter.

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Cooking Time

Cook: 10 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: £3.31 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 180g serving contains

Energy
1474kj
352kcal
18%
Fat
23.1g
High
33%
Saturates
13.5g
High
67%
Sugars
0.5g
Low
1%
Salt
0.5g
Low
8%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
819kj/196kcal

Ingredients

100g butter (softened)

Finely grated zest of ½ lime

1 tbsp lime juice

1 large red or green chilli (deseeded and finely chopped)

1 tbsp chopped coriander

4 fresh tuna steaks

Oil (for brushing)

New potatoes

Cherry tomatoes

Rocket

Capers

Method

1
Mix the butter with lime zest and juice, chilli and coriander. Put on a double thickness piece of cling film and shape into a log. Wrap in the cling film and chill for at least an hour. Freeze the butter that is left over.
2
Brush the fish steaks with oil and grill or griddle for 2 minutes on each side.
3
Top with a slice of chilli lime butter and serve with the potatoes, tomatoes, rocket and capers.