Grilled Fish Sunda Kelapa Recipes

INDONESIAN GRILLED SWORDFISH

Steps:

• Combine the soy sauce, canola oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, ginger root, garlic, and mustard in a bowl. Pour half the sauce in a low flat dish that's just large enough to hold the swordfish in one layer. Place the swordfish on top of the sauce and spread the remaining sauce on top. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or preferably overnight.
• Thirty minutes before you're ready to serve, build a charcoal fire or preheat a gas grill.
• When the coals are medium-hot, brush the cooking grate with oil to prevent the fish from sticking. Remove the fish from the marinade, allowing some of the ginger to cling to the fish, and discard the marinade. Sprinkle the fish generously on both sides with salt and place it over the coals. Cook for 5 minutes on each side, just until it's no longer pink in the middle. Place on a platter, cover tightly with aluminum foil, and allow to rest for 10 to 15 minutes. Serve hot or warm.

GRILLED FISH KEBOBS WITH PARSLEY AND GARLIC BUTTER

Steps:

• Kebobs: Put the salmon, halibut and tuna in a resealable plastic bag. In a medium bowl whisk together the olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, parsley, thyme, salt, and pepper. Pour the oil mixture over the fish and seal the bag. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Thread each skewer with 2 pieces of salmon, 2 pieces of halibut and 2 pieces of tuna, alternating the fish on the skewers.
• Butter: In a small bowl, mix together the butter, garlic and parsley. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Transfer the butter to the center of a 6-inch-square piece of plastic wrap. Fold the plastic over the butter and form it into a log, about 4-inches long and 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Refrigerate until firm, about for 1 hour. Slice the butter into 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick slices and transfer them to a plate.
• Put a grill pan over medium-high heat or preheat a gas or charcoal grill. Season the fish with salt and pepper, to taste, and grill the skewers until opaque, about 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Arrange the skewers on a platter and serve the butter alongside.

GRILLED FISH SUNDA KELAPA

Steps:

• 1. Rinse the fish, inside and out, under cold running water, then drain and blot dry with paper towels. Make 3 or 4 diagonal slashes, to the bone, in each side of each fish. Place the fish in a nonreactive baking dish large enough to hold them in one layer and set aside while you prepare the bumboo.2. Combine the lime juice, water, and salt in a medium-size bowl and whisk until the salt is dissolved. Pour the mixture over the fish in the baking dish, turn once or twice to coat, then cover and let marinate, in the refrigerator, for 30 minutes.3. Preheat the grill to medium-high.4. Meanwhile, prepare the spiced butter. Melt the butter in a small, heavy saucepan over low heat, then stir in the lime juice, soy sauce, garlic, shallot, ginger, and turmeric. Simmer until fragrant but not brown, about 5 minutes, then remove from the heat.5. When ready to grill, drain the fish, reserving the bumboo. Brush each fish on both sides with the spiced butter. Generously oil the grill grate and arrange the fish on it. Brush the fish lavishly with the reserved bumboo. Grill until the undersides of the fish are nicely browned, 6 to 10 minutes, brushing with additional spiced butter and bumboo as the fish cook.6. Using a long spatula, carefully invert each fish onto a banana leaf or foil rectangle. Brush again with spiced butter and continue grilling until the fish are nicely browned on their second sides and the flesh breaks into firm flakes when pressed with a finger, 6 to 10 minutes more brush once more with the butter as the fish finish cooking.7. Using the spatula, carefully transfer the fish to a serving platter. Bring them to the table and fillet, and serve, or serve whole, to be eaten with fingers.