You can never go wrong with yellowfin tuna steaks since it has one
of the best delicious tastes you will ever experience. Take tuna steak into
your seafood meal routines along with salmon, mackerel, sardine, etc. You can
make a nice dish with tuna steak and the best way to cook tuna steak is on a
very hot grill with some spices like salt and pepper to add the flavor.
Just like other species of tuna, the yellowfin full of nutrition especially the omega-3 fatty acids that good for heart. The omega-3 nutrient mixed with other vitamins and minerals in the yellowfin tuna is what makes the tuna steak good and healthy for your diet. Our body cannot produces certain minerals and vitamins particularly the omega-3 fats, that’s why you need to take fish to gain some omega-3 in your daily life and tuna has a high level of this fat.
Just like other species of tuna, the yellowfin full of nutrition especially the omega-3 fatty acids that good for heart. The omega-3 nutrient mixed with other vitamins and minerals in the yellowfin tuna is what makes the tuna steak good and healthy for your diet. Our body cannot produces certain minerals and vitamins particularly the omega-3 fats, that’s why you need to take fish to gain some omega-3 in your daily life and tuna has a high level of this fat.
Both salmon and tuna are healthy and delicious fish meat. Most people love to have both of them and not to mention, they are great to be eaten raw (for sushi/ sashimi), half cooked, or cooked. Anyway, despite being two top seafood meats in the world especially in America, these fish meats certainty have different features and if you ask which one is better, you may need to compare both of them first and decide yourself; we are going to help it!
First of all, both of the fish contain the same number of calories; however the yellowfin tuna offers fewer fats than salmon. In addition, yellowfin tuna also bring more grams of protein and if we are going to talk about the taste, then yellowfin has mild but not so fishy flavor and thus if you do not like to eat seafood with very fishy flavor then you can pick this one. Although salmon fish does have more fats and less protein than frozen yellowfin tuna steak, however salmon contains more amounts of omega-3 fatty acids which is good for recommended daily of omega-3 for your body.
Now, let’s take a look on their some of nutrition facts below:
· The 4 1/2 ounces of yellowfin tuna which cooked is contains:
ü 177 of calories
ü 0.35 grams of omega-3 fatty acids
ü 1.6 grams of total fat
ü 38 grams of protein
· The 4 1/2 ounces of wild salmon which cooked is contains:
ü 177 of calories
ü 1.35 grams omega-3 fatty acids
ü 5.5 grams of total fat
ü 30 grams of protein
With above comparison of some nutrition facts that contained in the yellowfin tuna and salmon, now you may clear yourself which fish will be a good choice for your diet. However, we suggest you try both of them and take them all as variation and as part of your dietary meals.
When buying frozen or fresh yellowfin tuna steaks, you also need to take a check on their appearance, smell, and texture. There are three things that you can do to get the best qualities of tuna steaks. First you should smell them to make sure the meat is not already spoilage, second you can check for visible signs of spoilage from the appearance, and if the sellers allow you to touch the steak then you can try to press the steak and make sure the meat still firm.
The difference between ahi and yellowfin tuna
For people who are not familiar with tuna fish and the type of tuna might be get confused and could not differentiate between ahi tuna and yellowfin tuna. First of all, the yellowfin tuna is usually used for sushi dish such as nigiri or sashimi. Of course they mostly purchased in the form of tuna loin rather than tuna steaks. However, it is still important to understand the different between the two terms of tuna.
Ahi is a species of tuna that divided into two types which are yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna. The name itself comes from Hawaiian word for fire and of course ahi tuna is really abundant in Hawaii especially in summer and spring season, but they can still being caught year round. Moreover, ahi tuna is also considered as sport tuna due to the fishing line going over the side of the boat very quick when the tuna is caught and this is also the reason of why people in Hawaii considerate them as ahi tuna.
· About yellowfin tuna:
It is a tuna fish with finlet fins, anal, and the dorsal parts appear yellow in color and thus people call them yellowfin tuna fish. Furthermore, the yellowfin tuna has slimmer profile than bigeye tuna. The tuna has firm texture with mild taste and it is often more preferred for sashimi ingredients. Although the fish can be cooked with marinate and grilled processes as well especially in the form of yellowfin tuna steaks.
Now, we hope that you no longer confuse to differentiate ahi tuna and yellowfin tuna and the next time you want to eat steaks or burgers, you can try to add ahi tuna steak. Bigeye and yellowfin tuna steaks are tasty and heart healthy meals to have for your body.
