Grilled Swordfish With Barbecue Sauce

⏱ 76 mins 🍽 1 swordfish, 6 serving(s) 🏷 Weeknight

This grilled swordfish dish features a tangy homemade barbecue sauce. The fish is first marinated in a blend of catsup, lemon juice, and seasonings. After marinating, it is grilled to perfection while being basted. A separate, simmered sauce made with onion, hot pepper sauce, and a bay leaf is prepared to spoon over the cooked fish. The recipe is designed for a weeknight meal and serves six people.

Grilled Swordfish With Barbecue Sauce

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs swordfish fillets
  • 1 cup catsup
  • 1/3 cup lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1/2 cup onion, Chopped
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
  • 1 small bay leaf

Method

  1. Arrange the swordfish fillets in one layer inside a shallow baking dish.
  2. Mix together a half cup of catsup with the lemon juice, oil, Worcestershire sauce and minced garlic.
  3. Pour this mixture over the fish in the dish.
  4. Cover the dish and place it in the refrigerator for about 1 hour, turning the fish over once during this time.
  5. Take the fish out of the dish, keeping the marinade sauce to one side.
  6. Set aside half of this reserved sauce for basting the fish during grilling.
  7. In a saucepan, combine the other half of the reserved sauce with the remaining catsup, chopped onion, water, sugar, hot pepper sauce and the bay leaf.
  8. Let this sauce mixture simmer for about 20 minutes so the flavours can meld and the sauce can thicken.
  9. While the sauce simmers, position the fish on well-greased, hinged wire grills.
  10. If you are using a standard barbecue grill, brush the fish with oil first. Cook it approximately 5 inches from moderately hot coals for 8 minutes.
  11. Baste the fish using the reserved sauce you set aside earlier.
  12. Turn the fish over and cook it for another 7 to 8 minutes, until it flakes easily when tested with a fork.
  13. You can brush the fish with more of the basting sauce during the cooking process if needed.
  14. Serve the grilled swordfish with the hot, simmered barbecue sauce spooned over the top.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium592800 mg

Recipe details

CategoryWeeknight
Authorspatchcock