Chef Tee’s Mahi Mahi with Coconut Rice & Mango Salsa
Serves 2 to 4
Prep time: 1 hour and 15 minutes; cooking time: 10-to-15 minutes
Instructions

  • 2 Tbsps. olive oil
  • 1 ½ tsps. soy sauce
  • 2 tsps. lemon juice
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 2 tsps. red pepper flakes
  • 1 tsp. fresh ground black pepper
  • ½ tsp. fresh ginger root, minced
  • 2 Tbsps. green onion, chopped (optional)
  • Salt to taste
  • 4 (4 ounce) mahi mahi fillets
  • Coconut rice (recipe below)
  • Mango Salsa (recipe below)
  • Optional garnishes — avocado slices, cilantro

Directions

  1. In large bowl, whisk together olive oil, soy sauce, lemon juice, garlic, red pepper flakes, black pepper, ginger, green onion, salt.  Add fish; toss to evenly coat fillets w/oil mixture.  Cover bowl w/plastic wrap; marinate in frig for 1 hour.
  2. Set oven rack in middle of oven; preheat oven broiler.
  3. While rice cooks, remove fish from marinade; shake off excess marinade. Discard remaining marinade.
  4. Place fish in large baking dish, in a single layer.  Broil in preheated oven until fish flakes easily w/fork (about 10-to-15 minutes).  (If fish browns too quickly, cover baking dish w/aluminum foil.
  5. Serve by placing a mahi mahi fillet over a scoop of hot rice; top w/mango salsa, optional garnishes.

*Note: Try grilling mahi mahi on a hot, seasoned grill instead of broiling it.

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Chef Tee’s Coconut Rice
Serves 4-to-6
Prep time: 5 minutes; cooking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients

  • 2 cups jasmine rice, uncooked
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cube chicken bouillon
  • 1 Tbsp. butter (optional)
  • ¾ (14 ounce) can coconut milk
  • 2 Tbsps. white sugar

Directions

  1. In medium saucepan, bring rice, water, chicken bouillon cube, 1 Tbsp. butter (optional) to a boil over high heat.
  2. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover; simmer until liquid has been absorbed (about 20 minutes).
  3. Pour in coconut milk, 2 Tbsps. sugar.
  4. Stir, simmer uncovered until rice has absorbed most of coconut milk.

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Chef Tee’s Mango Salsa
Makes about 1 cup.
Prep time: 5 minutes; cooking time: about 5 minutes
Ingredients

  • 1 ½ tsps. butter
  • 1 ½ Tbsps. white sugar
  • 1 ½ cups fresh mango, cubed

Directions

  1. In medium skillet, melt 1 ½ tsps. butter, 1 ½ Tsps. sugar over medium-high heat.
  2. When mixture begins to bubble, stir in mango cubes.
  3. Cook, stir until mango is tender (about 5 minutes).
  4. Serve w/Chef Tee’s Mahi Mahi w/Coconut Rice.