Grilled Tuna Dagwood

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 -8 fresh tuna steaks, cut about 3/4 to 1 inch thick
• salt & fresh ground pepper
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 loaf italian bread
• 8 dried figs
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 lb sliced ham
• 1/2 lb sliced deli turkey
• 4 slices cheddar cheese
• 4 slices monterey jack cheese
• olive oil
• oregano

Recipe

• 1 prepare charcoal or gas grill.
• 2 melt butter in pan and add soy sauce.
• 3 dip tuna steaks in butter/soy sauce mixture, sprinkle with salt and pepper and grill over medium-high heat for 4- 7 minutes per side.
• 4 while grilling, baste tuna often with the butter/soy mixture.
• 5 cooking time will vary depending on the heat of the fire and the thickness of the tuna steaks.
• 6 the tuna should still be a little pink in the middle when done.
• 7 this recipe is simple but very tasty.
• 8 the butter/soy sauce baste really compliments the flavor of the fresh tuna.
• 9 my good friend scooter came up with this recipe and told me to keep it a secret.
• 10 i'm sure he won't mind if i share it with a few subscribers; besides, it is really too good to keep secret.
• 11 the skinny: do not substitute for the butter.
• 12 you can use reduced sodium soy sauce if you wish.
• 13 for dagwood.
• 14 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 15 butter bread and lightly toast.
• 16 thinly slice the figs removing stems.
• 17 cut loaf horizontally down the middle.
• 18 spread all of the cream cheese on both sides of the bread.
• 19 layer half of the figs, all of the ham (folded in half and overlapping across the sandwich), and turkey (layered same way as the ham).
• 20 add a small amount of olive oil and oregano to taste.
• 21 add all of the slices of cheddar and jack cheese on top.
• 22 i criss cross them like a checker board.
• 23 finally top with the remaining figs and put the top of the loaf on.
• 24 cut vertically into 4-5 slices and serve.
• 25 best served fresh while the bread is still warm from the toasting, but if you refrigerate and eat later, microwaving quickly (about 10-15 seconds) seems to do the trick.