Grilled Mahimahi with Tamarind Glaze

Succulent mahimahi fillets grilled to perfection and glazed with a sweet-sour tamarind sauce made with palm sugar, soy sauce, and fish sauce. The fish is crispy-skinned on the outside and tender inside, finished with a complex Asian-inspired glaze.

10 servings
27 min

Ingredients

  • ½ cup tamarind pulp
  • 1 cup boiling-hot water
  • 3⅓ tablespoons palm sugar
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 10 pieces mahimahi fillet
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Soak tamarind pulp in boiling-hot water in a small bowl, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Pour mixture into a medium-mesh sieve set into a bowl, then force pulp through sieve, discarding seeds and fibers. Add brown sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce, and lime juice, stirring until sugar is dissolved.

    5 min

  2. 2.

    Prepare grill for cooking over medium-hot charcoal (moderate heat for gas).

    10 min

  3. 3.

    Brush fish all over with oil, then sprinkle with salt. Grill, skin sides down, on lightly oiled grill rack, covered only if using gas grill, until skin is crisp, about 4 minutes. Turn fish over and grill until just cooked through, about 6 minutes more. Brush tamarind sauce all over fish and grill 1 minute.

    11 min

  4. 4.

    Serve with remaining sauce.

    1 min

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