Fish Recipes

Acapulco Margarita Grouper Grilled

Grilling any fish is a touchy matter because the delicate meat can cook faster than is expected. Once you get the hang of grilling seafood you will realize it only takes a short while to grill. Read more…

Andrea’s Hogfish Ceviche

This is from The Flavors of the Florida Keys by Linda Gassenheimer.

You can tell the fish is really fresh when you walk into the Eaton Street Fresh Seafood Market in Key West. There’s no fish smell. Andrea Morgan did what many lawyers probably wish they could do: retire at a very young age and move to Key West. She and her husband, Sean Santelli, quickly realized that there were very few fresh seafood markets, despite the fact that they were surrounded by bountiful seas filled with some of the best seafood in the world. In fact, they said, 90 percent of the fish caught here is trekked out of Key West. Sean started fishing on his boat, the Outcast, and Andrea started cooking. Hogfish is a beautifully white firm fish caught in deep water. The texture and flavor, when fresh, are amazing. It’s best to assemble the salad just before it is served. Use the freshest fish you can find.

Serves 8

1 orange, freshly squeezed (about 1 cup)
12 limes, freshly squeezed (about 2 cups)
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce
1 pound fresh hogfish (grouper or mahimahi can be used)
1 red bell pepper, diced (about 2 cups)
1 small red onion, diced (about 2 cups)
3 plum tomatoes, diced (about 2 cups)
4 celery stalks, with leaves, diced (about 2 cups)
1 small jalapeño pepper, diced
3/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 cup cilantro leaves
chopped Tortillas or crackers for dipping

Juice the orange and enough limes to measure 3 cups. Add the salt and hot pepper sauce to the juice and set aside. Cut the hogfish into small, bite-size pieces and let marinate in the citrus juice while chopping the red bell pepper, red onion, tomatoes, celery, and jalapeño pepper. Place the vegetables in a large bowl. Spoon the hogfish and all its liquid into the bowl of vegetables.

Serve after the hogfish and vegetables have marinated for 30 minutes. The hogfish should be opaque white. Just before serving, stir in the white and black pepper and sprinkle with cilantro. Serve with tortillas or crackers.

Blue Crab Stuffed Grouper

Last week you grilled some grouper and topped it with salsa. The week before you fried some grouper fingers. Now you are looking for something different. This baked Blue Crab Stuffed Grouper is the perfect choice and your family may suspect you somehow got take out from that famous seafood restaurant you enjoyed during your last Florida Keys vacation.

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Citrus-Marinated Mahi-Mahi Steaks – Broiled

This lucious recipe is a perfect tropical blend of Citrus and one of the Florida Keys favorite seafood, Dolphin…Mahi…Dorado. When you have finished enjoying this feast you may have dreams of Key Largo nights.

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Dolphin with Mango & Pineapple Salsa – Grilled

Grilled Dolphin is a Florida Keys summer favorite. This tropical, spicy salsa is the perfect topping, sure to please all your friends and neighbors.

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Dorado El Dorado – Baked

This low-fat dish is brilliantly colored and bursting with the assertive flavors of Baja, Mexico. The fish is a great fighter with firm, slightly sweet and moist flesh. The skin should be removed before cooking. 

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Grilled Grouper Tangerine

While many grouper recipes focus on baking grouper or frying grouper, the grouper has a firm texture that works quite well on the grill. This grilled grouper recipe is flavored by tangerines, scallions and fresh herbs. Quite delicious and more healthy than frying. Don’t forget to check out the Grilling Seafood and Grouper Information page as well as the Grouper Recipe archives.

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Grouper Soup

Seafood soup used to be common fair because it is quick, easy and almost foolproof to prepare. But that isn’t why you should try this recipe. It will become a standard around your home because it is so good.

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Habanero-Honey Poached Grouper

This recipe is based on a homemade hot sauce. The hot sauce alone is good used as you would use ANY hot sauce—it’s particularly good in this recipe. Read more…

Hot & Spicey Grouper – Grilled

Grilling Grouper has become a popular seafood choice, especially during the summer. For a change of pace on grilled grouper try this recipe with a little kick. Your friends and family will be begging you for more grilled grouper. Don’t forget to check out the Grilling Seafood and Grouper Information page as well as the Grouper Recipe archives.

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