Peppered Tuna on Spicy Lima Beans

• 10 ounces tuna
• Freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 10-ounce package frozen baby lima beans
• 1 large clove garlic
• Lemon to yield 2 tablespoons juice
• 1/4 teaspoon hot-pepper flakes
• 18 teaspoon salt

1. Prepare broiler, if using.
2. Wash and dry tuna, and coat with black pepper.
3. Cook lima beans with 1/4 cup water until tender, about 5 minutes.
4. Prepare stove-top grill, if using.
5. Broil or grill tuna, following the Canadian rule: measure fish at thickest part and cook 8 to 10 minutes to the inch.
6. Mince garlic, and when lima beans are cooked, drain, mix with garlic, lemon juice and hot-pepper flakes.
7. When tuna is cooked, season with salt and arrange on a bed of lima beans.

tuna, freshly ground black pepper, beans, clove garlic, lemon, hotpepper, salt

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/5530 (may not work)