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Grilled Swordfish with Ginger Butter

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This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Swordfish Recipe
A&M's Testing Notes: A grilled Swordfish steak -- caramelized, slightly charred on the outside, soft and moist on the inside -- provides the perfect canvas for Sharon Pellino’s ginger butter. A taste of the sauce...
A grilled Swordfish steak -- caramelized, slightly charred on the outside, soft and moist on the inside -- provides the perfect canvas for Sharon Pellino’s ginger butter. A taste of the sauce alone is good; the subtle sweet heat of the chipotle connects the dots between the contrast of creamy butter and the acid of the lemon and wine. Paired with the fish, it becomes magnificent; muted in the sauce alone, the fresh ginger bursts forth as the additional layer of flavor that makes this dish great. Seasoned with fresh cilantro and parsley, this is a summertime steak worth trying. - gingerroot

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Sharon Pellino's Notes:
Tasty and fun for a crowd! - Sharon Pellino

Serves 4

2 tablespoons Shallots Ask a question about this ingredient

1/4 cup Lemon juice Ask a question about this ingredient

1/4 cup Dry white wine Ask a question about this ingredient

2 tablespoons Ginger root,finely chopped Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 pound Unsalted butter Ask a question about this ingredient

1/4 teaspoon Salt Ask a question about this ingredient

1/4 teaspoon Pepper Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 tablespoon Chipolte pepper in adobe sauce Ask a question about this ingredient

2 Sword fish steaks, 1 inch thick, about 2 1/2 pounds Ask a question about this ingredient

2 tablespoons Olive oil Ask a question about this ingredient

Chopped seasonal herbs Ask a question about this ingredient

Combine in small saucepan the shallots, lemon juice,white wine and Ginger root. Cook until liquid reduced to 1/4 cup. Lower heat, add butter slowly while constantly stirring. Add salt, pepper and chopped chipoltes.
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Brush swordfish with oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill 7 minutes on first side. Turn. Grill an additional 3 minutes
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Serve fish with sauce. Garnish with herbs. Enjoy!
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1 Comment on Grilled Swordfish with Ginger Butter

sl(i)m added about 1 month ago

I am not a big fan of swordfish, but cook it because my family does like it. I chose this recipe because I thought the Ginger Butter sauce would make it more appealing to me, too. SUCCESS! First, thanks to Merrill who answered the hot line in minutes when I discovered I didn't have Chipotles in adobo. She wrote: they "re a "unique flavor, but there isn't a huge amount in this recipe. I'd either just leave it out, or add a little cayenne or chili powder for some heat and if you'd like, some smoked paprika, which will echo the smokey flavor of the chipotles in adobo." Second, this butter was delicious on everything: brocolli, rice, and the fish. I thought I'd made way too much, but it was gone, gone, gone!