grilling great fish

[duckloads]

A couple of months ago, I came across a recipe for grilling fish. It uses "grilling planks" or thin boards that maybe cedar or whatever. You soak the planks in water, place the seafood on the planks and season as desired. Then place the planks over a low heat fire.

A month went by, and I found some cedar grilling planks at Costco. So, anouther month went by before I descided to use them. today, I bought a small tuna steak and a few big shrimp, and added a couple of small Mahi fillets. I arranged the seafood on the water logged board and seasoned with garlic salt and lemon and herb seasoning. I covered the fish with thin slices of lemon.

I placed the board over a warm charcoal fire. The fire was just hot enough to get some steam and a little wood smoke out of the board. After 12-14 min's, the shrimp and Mahi were just cooked. The tuna came out med to med rare. Perfect. This was the first time I've ever cooked Tuna. It has NOTHING to do with the stuff in the can.

The feast was served with a garden salad, mashed potatoes, and some wine. Most wonderfull. Life was good.

Good day.

 

[nitesite]

REAL tuna steaks are miles above the stuff in the can. Like ribeye compared to bologna. The delectables you added to the planked seafood must have added absolutely wonderful flavor!

I haven't tried the plank method but you sure have me thinking it's worth a go.

You are so right that Tuna needs to stop cooking at Med-Rare ~ Medium.

Wow~! Salad, wine, seafood.....

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Hey, we're neighbors!

 

[Wayne02]

That sounds like good stuff. I like using the plank grilling technique.

Copper River Salmon:

 

[jkc]

Also check out Cameron's Smoker-Cooker for great seafood prep...

 

[Bob R]

Way back when, at the time San Diego was a major port for tuna boats and even had a cannery or two, I lived next door to a family of tuna fishers.

I was a poor E4, so they took pity on me and kept me in fresh tuna, and taught me how to cook it.

One of my favorite methods was taking a tuna roast, a big chunk of tuna, rubbing it with olive oil, some salt and pepper, and putting it in a cooking bag and treating it just like a roast.

It was quite the dish, and so was their daughter!

bob