Grilled Mahi Mahi with Roasted Pepper Sauce and Cilantro Pesto

by

Description

Use your grill to give the mahi mahi a lovely smokey aroma. The red pepper and cilantro pesto adds color and texture to this flavorful dish. Try serving with yellow rice or sugar snap peas for an amazing meal. You could easily adapt this recipe for other types of fish like snapper or swordfish.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup white wine
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 2 tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • ⅓ cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup packed fresh cilantro leaves
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 (12 ounce) jar roasted red bell peppers, drained
  • 4 (6 ounce) mahi mahi fillets
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat.
  2. Place the wine and shallot in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring the mixture to a boil
  3. then reduce the heat to medium-low and reduce the liquid down by about half
  4. about 4 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
  5. Place the Parmesan cheese
  6. garlic
  7. and walnuts into a food processor; process until finely chopped. Add the olive oil
  8. cilantro
  9. and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper; process until smooth. Remove the cilantro pesto from the food processor and set aside.
  10. Place the red peppers into the food processor
  11. pour in the wine reduction
  12. and process until smooth. Pour the entire mixture back into the saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer the sauce for 4 minutes. Meanwhile
  13. season both sides of the mahi mahi fillets with salt and pepper.
  14. Cook the mahi mahi on the preheated grill until the fish is golden and flakes easily with a fork
  15. about 4 minutes per side.
  16. Whisk the butter
  17. 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  18. and 1/4 teaspoon salt into the red pepper sauce until smooth. Spoon the red pepper sauce onto the bottom of the serving plate
  19. arrange the fish on the sauce
  20. and top with the cilantro pesto to serve.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 40 mins

Servings: 4

Leave a Comment