Mistake #1- selecting Cod. What is Cod? I don't know, but it sure as hell isn't tilapia. It was more expensive than tilapia, it is considered a mild white fish, and it was in the seafood aisle at Wegman's. Any one of those things should have made it better than it was. But it was a disaster. Read on...
Ingredients (for salsa):
2 fresh mangoes, diced (I cheated, I used the canned stuff. Where do you get fresh mangoes in Upstate NY anyways??)
1/4 cup crushed pineapple
1/4 red bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1/4 green bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely minced
2 TBS olive oil
1 clove garlic, finely minced
1 shallot, finely diced
2 TBS chopped fresh cilantro, or parsley
2 tsp fresh lime or lemon juice
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (optional, just in case the entire jalapeno wasn't enough for you)
Mistake #2- Marinade for fish. I don't know what the hell was in the ingredients, I remember there being two dashes of tobasco sauce and 1/2 a lemon juiced, but the rest of the ingredients escape me. I could go grab the sheet with them listed, but trust me, you do not want to make this marinade. I will not include it here. Seriously, trust me. 
Directions:
Mix together salsa ingredients. Yup, that easy.
Mistake #3: Grilling on a windy day. The grill didn't get above 200 degrees. So we brought the fish inside to finish. Twenty minutes later it was still not flakey and appeared to still be translucent. Another 10 minutes, and not much improvement.
Verdict: I think you see where this entire post was headed from the beginning.
No comments:
Post a Comment