Grilled wild sturgeon with lime cilantro sauce
Grilled and baked wild sturgeon fish marinated with a spicy coriander seasoning and topped with a warm lime cilantro butter sauce.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 2 lbs wild sturgeon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
For the coriander seed seasoning (you will need 2 tablespoons for this recipe and will have leftover seasoning):
- 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
To serve:
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