Nutritional Value per Serving:
Calories: 262
Calories from Fat: 79
Total Fat: 3 g
Saturated Fat: 1 g
Total Carbs: 13 g
Fiber: 2 g
Protein: 33 g
Sodium: 328 mg
Cholesterol: 60 mg
Grilled Blue Marlin with Strawberry Nectarine Salsa
YIELD: 4 x 5-oz marlin steaks
PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes
COOKING TIME: 4 minutes
Details
The rich flavor of blue marlin is highlighted by a sweet strawberry-nectarine salsa in this recipe from The Eat-Clean Diet® Cookbook 2. Blue Marlin meat is considered a delicacy, especially valued in Japan for sashimi.
Ingredients:
Salsa
• 1 cup / 240 ml fresh strawberries, stemmed and quartered
• 2 nectarines, pits removed and cut into ½-inch pieces
• 1 red chili pepper (red jalapeño), seeded and finely chopped
• 1 Tbsp / 15 ml finely chopped red onion
• 2 Tbsp / 30 ml fresh lime juice
• 1 Tbsp / 15 ml chopped fresh mint
• 1 Tbsp / 15 ml chopped fresh cilantro
• Scant pinch sea salt
• Scant pinch black pepper
Marlin
• 4 x 5-oz / 140 g wild-caught Hawaiian blue marlin* steaks (can substitute swordfish or tuna)
• 1 Tbsp / 15 ml fresh lime juice
• Eat-Clean Cooking Spray
• 1 tsp / 5 ml sea salt, divided
• ½ tsp / 2.5 ml freshly ground black pepper, divided
Preparation
- In a medium bowl, combine salsa ingredients and place in refrigerator to allow flavors to combine while you prepare marlin.
- Place marlin steaks in a shallow dish and squeeze lime juice over top, lifting up edges of steaks to allow juice to reach underside. Let marlin marinate in lime juice for 5 minutes.
- Heat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat and spray with Eat-Clean Cooking Spray. Spray top of marlin steaks and season with half of salt and half of pepper. Place on grill and cook for 2 minutes. Turn, spray with more Eat-Clean Cooking Spray and season with remaining salt and pepper. Cook until desired doneness, about 2 more minutes for medium rare. This fish is better undercooked than overcooked.
- Remove marlin steaks to a serving plate and spoon salsa over top.
*Though imported blue marlin is overfished and therefore not a sustainable option, Hawaiian wild-caught blue marlin is a good alternative. Other sustainable options include North Atlantic swordfish and US Albacore or Yellowfin tuna.