Grilled Lime Sturgeon

I had sturgeon for the first time a few years ago and loved it, but I could never find at the grocery store or even at the fish market, so it started to become a distant memory…Until I was at Whole Foods this week and wasn’t planning on buying fish, however the moment I saw the “Wild sturgeon” sign I knew we would be having fish for lunch that day. The seafood expert at Whole Foods mentioned that they only sell wild sturgeon, but it isn’t available very frequently. I mentioned that I was thinking of grilling the sturgeon and he recommended finishing it off in the oven because it is a very tough fish. I wanted the fish to have a lot of spicy flavor and used a coriander seasoning to marinate the fish and I used an electric indoor grill because it is extremely cold outside and we have a charcoal grill that takes forever to warm up. I love making sauces for fish and found a great recipe for a lime cilantro butter sauce in one of my favorite cookbooks Fired Up by Jeff Blank – owner/chef of Hudson’s on the Bend (an amazing restaurant in Austin, TX).

Ingredients:

2 lbs wild sturgeon

1 tsp salt

1 tbs olive oil

2 tbs spicy coriander seasoning Lime cilantro butter sauce

Preparation:

1.Place the sturgeon and the salt in a bowl and cover with water, let sit for about 10 minutes and rinse.

2.Rub the olive oil and spicy coriander seasoning all over the fish and let marinate in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

3.Pre-heat oven to 400 F (skip if only grilling)

4.Heat the grill and place the sturgeon on the grill, grill for about 5 minutes per side.

5.Transfer to oven safe dish and bake for about 15-20 minutes. 6.Serve immediately with lime cilantro butter sauce.

Source: laylita.com