Szechuan Grilled Pompano Recipes

GRILLED GOLDEN POMPANO WITH SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Prepare a charcoal grill so you have a hot and cool side. Lightly oil the grate.
• Toss sweet potatoes, 1 tablespoon olive oil and Cajun seasoning in a bowl until well combined. Put sweet potatoes in a grill wok and place on the hot side of the grill. Cook until almost done, turning occasionally, 10 to 15 minutes. Move grill wok to the cool side of the grill.
• Clean pompanos and coat inside and outside with remaining olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and place 1 orange slice, 1 lemon slice, and 3 basil leaves into the cavity of each fish.
• Place fish directly on the grill grates on the hot side of the grill. Close lid. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes. Turn and continue cooking until fish easily flakes with a fork, 5 to 7 minutes more.

SZECHUAN GRILLED POMPANO

Steps:

• For sauce: Heat peanut oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sliced shallots, minced ginger and cilantro and sauté until shallots soften and just begin to brown, about 5 minutes. Add mirin, soy sauce, lime juice and red pepper. Boil until sauce is reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 15 minutes. (Can be prepared 2 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) For fish: Prepare barbecue grill (medium-high heat). Brush fish with olive oil, ten sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill fish until opaque in center, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer fish to platter. Cover with foil to keep warm. Stir sauce over medium-low heat until heated through. Add butter and whisk until butter melts and blends into sauce. Mix in minced green onions. Spoon sauce onto plates. Top with fish. Garnish with whole green onions, if desired, and serve. Serves 8.

GRILLED LIME POMPANO

Steps:

• Preheat grill to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking dish with aluminum foil. Place dish in the grill, away from direct heat.
• Drop coconut oil onto the foil and close grill long enough to melt oil. Place fish in the oil and turn until it is coated in oil on both sides; season with salt and pepper. Close grill.
• Cook on the grill until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 20 minutes. Carefully transfer fish and foil onto a plate and slide fish off the foil. Squeeze lime juice over fish.

GRILLED SZECHUAN PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• To make marinade, combine green onions, soy sauce, garlic, sesame oil, lemon juice, chile paste, sugar, ginger root and chile oil in a small bowl.
• Place chops in a 1-gallon self-sealing plastic bag, pour marinade over chops, seal bag.
• Marinate in the refrigerator for 4 hours or overnight (turning once in awhile).
• Drain chops, reserving marinade.
• See note above.
• Place chops on a kettle-style grill directly over medium-hot coals, lower grill hood and grill for 4-5 minutes. Brush chops with reserved marinade; turn and brush again. Grill for 4-5 minutes more until chops are just done.

GRILLED POMPANO AND SHRIMP WITH LEMON, OLIVES, AND BAY LEAVES

Steps:

• Prepare grill. Soak skewers in warm water 30 minutes.
• With a sharp knife slit skin of pompano along center of each piece to keep skin from curling when grilling. Shell shrimp, leaving tail and connecting shell segment intact, and thread 4 shrimp onto each skewer. Brush shrimp and pompano all over with additional olive oil.
• With a sharp knife cut ends from lemons. Standing each lemon on a cut side, cut rind and pith from lemon, exposing flesh. Cut lemon segments free from membranes. Discard coarse stems from spinach. Flatten olives, a few at a time, with flat side of a large heavy knife to loosen pit from flesh and discard pits. In a small saucepan stir together olives, extra-virgin olive oil, bay leaves, and a pinch salt.
• Season shrimp and pompano with salt and pepper and grill on a lightly oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals until just cooked through, about 3 minutes on each side. (Alternatively, grill seafood in a hot well-seasoned ridged grill pan over moderately high heat.) Transfer seafood with tongs to a platter and keep warm, covered. Heat olive mixture over low heat until warm.
• In a 12-inch skillet heat remaining tablespoon olive oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté spinach, stirring and turning it with tongs, until wilted, 1 to 2 minutes. Season spinach with salt and pepper.
• Serve seafood over spinach, topped with lemon segments and olive mixture.