Receta Watermelon Salsa Two Ways: In Fish Tacos and Swordfish Salad
Ingredientes
- not deplete, you can eat swordfish with impunity. That is with one major caveat. Because of its size, swordfish contain more
- want to cook both this dish and blackened swordfish again. Or you can, without
- any question, buy Chef Prudhomme’s (or any number of his competitors’ ) recipe
- in the supermarket spice aisle. Here’s
- the recipe for making your own:
- Recipe for Paul Prudhomme’s Seasoning Mix for Blackening:
- 3⁄4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
- 3⁄4 tsp. freshly ground white pepper
- 6 1⁄2"-thick 8-oz. skinless, boneless red drum, black
- drum, or red snapper filets
- 1. Combine paprika,
- salt, onion and garlic powders, cayenne, black and white pepper, thyme, and
- oregano in a small bowl and set aside.
- Now you’re ready to start cooking. The only difference between the recipe as a Taco filling and the
- recipe as a main course salad is in the
- selection of fish and their preparation.
- Everything else remains the same.
- Of course in the Salad recipe you switch out the taco for a bed of fresh lettuce. Here’s the recipe:
- 4 cups diced seedless
- watermelon
- 1/2 small red onion,
- finely diced
- 1/2 cup roughly
- chopped fresh cilantro
- Juice of 2 limes, plus
- lime wedges for serving
- 1 jalapeno pepper,
- seeded and finely diced
- 1 tablespoon plus 2
- teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing
- 1 romaine lettuce
- heart, thinly sliced
- 1 pound skinless wild
- striped bass fillets
- 1 teaspoon chipotle
- chile powder
- For the Blackened Swordfish Salad:
- 1 ½ lbs of swordfish
- chile powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt; drizzle both sides with the remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil. Brush
- tablespoons of the juices from the watermelon
- aside the fish and when cooled, cut it into 1 inch squares and toss with the watermelon salsa. Plate the salad atop lettuce leaves. I served
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