Orange Roughy Margarita - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 lbs orange roughy fillets
    1/3 cup tequila
    1/3 cup triple sec
    3/4 cup fresh lime juice
    1 teaspoon salt
    3 garlic cloves, finely minced
    1 tablespoon vegetable oil, divided
    Salsa
    3 medium tomatoes, peeled, cored, and chopped
    1 small garlic clove, minced
    3 green onions, thinly sliced
    2 tablespoons diced purple onions
    1 -2 small jalapenos or 1 -2 small serrano chili pepper, seeded and finely chopped
    2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 dash sugar
    2 tablespoons lime juice
Preparation
    Place fish in a glass dish large enough to have a single layer of fillets.
    Combine tequilla, triple sec, lime juice, salt, garlic, and 2 teaspoons of oil.
    Pour over fish and rub all over the fillets.
    Cover and marinate for 1 hour at room temperature or 3 hours in the refrigerator - turning occasionally the fillets.
    Shortly before serving time, combine salsa ingredients in a serving bowl.
    Heat oiled grill to very hot.
    Remove fish from the marinade.
    Pat dry.
    Cook on the well oiled grill (or use fish cooking basket) for about 4 minutes per side or until fish is opaque.
    Meanwhile boil marinade in saucepan for about 2 minutes.
    Strain marinade.
    Spoon a little of the marinade over fish fillets on the serving plate.
    Serve with fresh tomato salsa.

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