Oil-Poached Tuna Salad
- 1 cup dried flageolet or navy beans, soaked overnight, drained, or one 15-ounce can navy beans, rinsed
- Kosher salt
- 1 pound green and/or wax beans
- 3 cups olive oil
- 2 sprigs rosemary
- 2 garlic cloves
- 4 4-ounce bigeye or albacore tuna steaks (about 1" thick)
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 4 anchovies packed in oil, drained, finely chopped
- 1 small shallot, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/4 cup (or more) fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill plus small sprigs for serving
- 1 cup small Sun Gold or cherry tomatoes, halved
- 3/4 cup Kalamata olives, pitted, halved
- A deep-fry thermometer
- Bring flageolet beans and 4 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan, reduce heat, and simmer until beans are tender, 50-60 minutes; season with salt. Let beans cool; drain. Transfer to a medium bowl. (Do not cook canned beans.)
- Cook green beans in another large saucepan of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Drain and transfer to a colander set in a bowl of ice water. Let cool; drain and set aside. Wipe saucepan dry.
- Heat oil, rosemary, and garlic in same saucepan over medium-low heat until deep-fry thermometer registers 160u0b0F. Season tuna with salt and pepper and cook in oil until opaque except for a bit of pink in the center, about 4 minutes per side. Using a slotted spatula, transfer tuna to a plate. Let poaching oil cool, then remove rosemary and garlic. Set aside 1/4 cup oil.
- Whisk anchovies, shallot, parsley, lemon juice, mustard, chopped dill, and reserved poaching oil in a small bowl; season with salt, pepper, and more lemon juice, if desired. Add some vinaigrette to bowl with flageolet beans and toss to coat.
- Break tuna into large pieces and arrange on a platter with flageolet and green beans, tomatoes, and olives. Top with a few dill sprigs and serve with remaining vinaigrette alongside.
- DO AHEAD:
overnight, kosher salt, beans, olive oil, rosemary, garlic, freshly ground black pepper, anchovies, shallot, parsley, lemon juice, mustard, dill, small sun gold, olives, thermometer
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/oil-poached-tuna-salad-51178990 (may not work)