This is a very simple and flavorful recipe for grilled sturgeon. I had sturgeon for the first time a few years ago, on the grill at a friend’s house, and loved it. It has an almost steak like texture and more flavor than other types of fish. However, I could never find sturgeon at the grocery store or even at the fish market, so it started to become a distant memory. Then I was at Whole Foods recently, and wasn’t planning on buying fish, but 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 tends to be tougher than most fish. I wanted the fish to have a lot of spicy flavor and used a coriander seasoning to marinate and season the fish. I used an electric indoor grill, partly because it is extremely cold outside and we have a charcoal grill that takes forever to warm up – but also because the electric grill is great for cooking fish in a precise way.
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Grilled and baked wild sturgeon fish marinated with a spicy coriander seasoning and topped with a warm lime cilantro butter sauce.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs wild sturgeon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 3 tbs coriander seeds, whole
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp ground white pepper
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbs dry oregano
- 1 tbs dry thyme
- 1 tbs salt
- Lime cilantro butter sauce
Instructions
- Place the sturgeon and the salt in a bowl and cover with water, let sit for about 10 minutes and rinse.
- To make the seasoning mix, put all the ingredients for the mix in a mini food processor and pulse until crushed and mixed. The coriander seeds will not be completely powdered and should be partially crushed. You can also use a mortar and pestle instead of the mini food processor.
- Rub the olive oil and spicy coriander seasoning all over the fish and let marinate in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
- Pre-heat oven to 400 F (skip if only grilling)
- Heat the grill and place the sturgeon on the grill, grill for about 5 minutes per side.
- Transfer to oven safe dish and bake for about 15-20 minutes.
- Serve immediately with the lime cilantro butter sauce
Other sites mentioned this as the most challenging fish to make?
I don’t understand… the recipe on this website couldn’t be simpler… came out amazing!
I made this tonight and it was incredible. I only let it marinate for 30 minutes and that seemed to be fine. The fish was perfect and the sauce was delicious! Thank you so much!
I just did this recipe tonight and loved it. I didn’t have fresh cilantro (only in a tube), nor cream (used 2% milk), nor green chiles (used dried red chiles), but it made little difference. The only thing I would do differently is I had a half a sturgeon (about 6lbs) and I rubbed some olive oil on the skin before I grilled it and it caught fire on the grill! Must be a bunch of nature oil in the sturgeon. The up side is that the smoky flavor was great and I ate the mostly charred skin. Mmmmmm…will do again.
I didn’t make the sauce, which looks great, but the sturgeon was awesome. I just used some barbecue rub I always have on hand instead of the coriander seasoning. I also had never had sturgeon before but will definitely be on the lookout for it whenever I’m at the fish counter.
Our neighbor gave us a big hunk of sturgeon and I had no idea what to do with it. We’ve never had it before so I didn’t know what to expect. I busted out this grilled sturgeon with cilantro lime sauce and my husband and I both loved it. And I’m not a big fish eater. The sauce was awesome and husband commented that if he got this at a restaurant he’d be stoked. Thanks for the recipe. Five stars!
I have never cooked or even ate sturgeon before ,but i wanted to cook some for my husband, I cam across this recipe and tried it IT WAS GREAT, I even love sturgeon! This is the recipe I will you from now on, My husband loved it also, He cannot believe that me not being a seafood eater I sure do a good job in cooking it Thanks for the recipe it was great
Hi Denise – I’m glad that both you and your husband enjoyed this dish!
We tried the Sturgeon with coriander and lime chili/cilantro sauce and just loved it! Easy enough to put together and a wonderful addition to flavor this great fish! We had many hungry people and everyone wowed it!! Will try the lime chili/cilantro sauce on other fish!