Blackened Mahi-Mahi with pineapple salsa
spicy blackened Mahi-mahi topped with cool fresh pineapple salsa
Equipment
- 1 cast iron pan
Ingredients
Pineapple salsa
- 1 medium pineapple must be fresh not canned
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 medium jalapeno
- 1/2 small onion i like sweet, if using red only do 1/4 cup
- 2 medium garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 1 lime juiced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- fresh cilantro
Mahi-Mahi
- 4 mahi-mahi fillets 6 to 8 onces
- 1 recipe blackened seasoning
- 1/2 cup melted butter
Instructions
Pineapple Salsa
- Peel and cut the pineapple into small dice
- Cut the jalapeno into tiny dice removing the seeds, if you wish your salsa spicier then you can leave the seeds in
- Cut the onion into small dice
- Finely dice the garlic
- Rough chop the cilantro to make 1/2 cup
- Place all in a bowl including the ginger and mix well
- Squeeze the juice of a lime over and stir well
- Sprinkle with salt and a few turns of the 5 pepper blend or white pepper and stir well
- Add the olive oil and vinegar, stir well and set aside
- If you have time make it ahead of time and let sit for an hour or more
Mahi-Mahi
- Pat your fish to make sure they are dry
- On one bowl big enough to lay the fish in pour the melted butter
- In another bowl big enough to lay the fish in add the blackened seasoning
- Dredge the fish in the butter to cover all, and then dredge in the seasoning and set on a plate
- Before you start to cook your fish, make sure you are all ready to go, it goes fast. have your serving plates ready, your salsa ready and your fish coated.
- I recommend opening the window and turning your fan on
- place your skillet over high heat and let it heat up for 5 to 6 minutes. when water droplets jump back and evaporate quickly you are ready to go
- Place fish in the pan, not touching each other, and cook for 3 minute
- Flip and cook another 3 minutes
- Do not cover with a lid, a splatter screen is fine
- while your fish is cooking, taste your salsa and add salt if needed
- Remove to a serving plate and top with salsa
Notes
If you are going to serve family-style, you can always serve the salsa in a bowl on the side
Nutrition
Serving: 6ozCalories: 538kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 33gFat: 32gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 185mgSodium: 337mgPotassium: 1052mgFiber: 4gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 2116IUVitamin C: 152mgCalcium: 69mgIron: 3mg
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