As legendary cookbook author Marcella Hazan pointed out, it’s best to purchase what’s freshest at the market and build your meal from there, so don’t get too caught up in seeking out a particular type. No matter what you come home with, we have a tasty way to grill your fish. Wrap grouper or halibut in foil with aromatics and butter to create a built-in sauce, whip up a flavor-packed marinade for dishes like Gregory Gourdet’s Epis-Rubbed Steelhead Trout, or keep things ultra-simple with a complementary lemon sauce. Grab your grill basket, it’s time to grill some fish!
Tuna Steaks with Lemon Caper Sauce
Grilled tuna steaks can be satisfying even when unadorned. Here, the pleasant tartness of a quick lemon and caper sauce balances the richness of the fish.
Grilled Whole Snapper
Stuff whole snapper with rosemary sprigs, then rub with olive oil, garlic, chopped rosemary, and salt. Top it off with a sprinkle of breadcrumbs and a drizzle of olive oil for a crisp, flavorful crust. Cover the grill while you’re cooking the fish to keep the flesh moist and to prevent flare-ups that would burn the breadcrumbs.
Grilled Trout with Crispy Fish Skin
Fillets of rainbow trout take well to fast cooking on the grill, which is made easier with a grill basket. You can pull off the skin after grilling if it’s not your thing, but do leave it on while cooking because it protects the flesh — there’s a thin layer of subcutaneous fat that melts and keeps the fillets juicy.
Grilled Swordfish with Carrot-and-Walnut Salsa
Grilled fish maintains our mantra of simple, easy, and delicious for summertime cooking. 2013 F&W Best New Chef Jason Vincent steeps swordfish steaks in a savory kombu marinade and serves them with a nutty, slightly piquant gremolata-like salsa with roasted walnuts and Calabrian chiles.
Grilled Grouper
Simply season mild grouper fillets with salt, pepper, and smoked paprika before grilling in scallion, lemon, and butter-stuffed packets. The fish will pick up lightly smoky, savory flavor, and the butter and lemon will melt into the fish. Serve atop fluffy cooked rice or crusty baguettes for sopping.
Grilled Mahi-Mahi with Lemongrass-Lime Aïoli
Grill sweet, mild mahi-mahi and serve with an aïoli featuring lemongrass and lime for richness and zest. This classic summer meal is ready in 25 minutes.
Lemon-Stuffed Grilled Branzino
Boston chef Barbara Lynch stuffs branzino with lemon and herbs, then grills it until the skin is browned and crispy to add even more flavor.
Grilled Halibut with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
A punchy, sweet roasted red bell pepper sauce does double duty here as both a marinade and mildly spicy sauce for grilled halibut. Serve the fish fillets with crusty bread to soak up the extra sauce with juicy grilled squash on the side.
Kingfish Escabeche
Instead of the typical fried fish, this version of escabeche showcases grilled kingfish, a rich and oily type of mackerel, bathed in an acidic pepper-and-onion marinade.
Grilled King Salmon with Meyer Lemon Relish
Floral and lightly acidic salsa brings out the buttery, rich flavors of grilled king salmon. Salmon is meaty enough to stay intact on a grill and gets meltingly tender as it cooks. Serve leftover salsa with grilled lamb, chicken, or pork.
Epis-Rubbed Steelhead Trout
Chef Gregory Gourdet’s steelhead trout — tender, flaky, and with a delicate taste — gets a flavor boost from epis, a classic Haitian pepper-garlic-herb marinade. It’s served with stewed red bell peppers spiked with habanero.
Grilled Whole Flatfish with Lemon-Herb Butter
Robin Bashinsky shares how to grill a whole flatfish, such as sole, fluke, or flounder, and serve it with a simple lemon-herb butter. You’ll need to scrub the fish with coarse sea salt, rinse it, and then dry it out in the fridge for 36 to 48 hours, so plan accordingly.
Grilled Sea Bass with Marinated Eggplant
Chef Tom Colicchio seasons wild sea bass fillets simply and grills for 15 minutes to serve with grilled eggplant. Add flavor to any grilled vegetables with his marinade of olive oil, chiles, and fresh herbs.
Grilled Cobia Salad with Corn and Watermelon
Chef Kevin Willmann likes to grill cobia, a sweet, flaky whitefish, for this bright, refreshing salad. He suggests chilling the grilled fish before assembling the salad for easier and cleaner flakes. Garnish the dish with plantain chips for a nice, salty crunch that works marvelously with the sweet watermelon and grilled corn.
Grilled Herring with Peas, Mint, and Meyer Lemon
Andrew Zimmern’s essence-of-spring dish features the season’s first fresh herring with pea shoots and a lovely sauce made from pureed peas, olive oil, buttermilk, lemon juice, mint, and shallot.
Salmon Skewers with Almond Charmoula
Simply grilling fish is TV chef Andrew Zimmern’s favorite way to eat what comes out of the ocean. For these skewers, he pairs rich salmon with North African charmoula, a brightly acidic herb paste tempered with sweet fruit and — his personal touch — crunchy nuts.
Grilled Snapper with Four-Herb Gremolata
For snapper fillets with perfectly crisp skin, Top Chef alum Jennifer Carroll seasons just the flesh side before placing the fish on a very hot grill. The accompanying gremolata can be refrigerated for three hours if you want to make it slightly in advance.
Marinated Fish with Salmoriglio Sauce
Cookbook author and Italian cuisine expert Marcella Hazan’s tangy, buttery salmoriglio sauce — a Sicilian classic — is spectacularly delicious with many kinds of fish, such as wild salmon, arctic char, ruby trout, or halibut. It’s always best to simply trust your eyes and nose and buy what’s freshest at the fish market.
Grilled Fish with Artichoke Caponata
Chef Michael White makes a vinegary caponata (a Sicilian relish) with fresh artichoke hearts, not the traditional tomatoes and eggplant. Since trimming artichokes can be time-consuming, our simplified recipe calls for marinated artichoke hearts instead.
Salt-Crusted Tilapia with Lemongrass
Thai cooks love tilapia for its versatility. “You can steam it, fry it, or grill it,” chef Andy Ricker says about this mild white fish. At Pok Pok, he used to stuff whole fish with lemongrass, encase it in a salt crust, and cook it over a charcoal fire. Be sure the heat stays relatively low, or the crust will burn before the fish is ready to emerge, moist and fragrant.
Grilled Branzino Fillets with Potato & Spinach Salad
Zahav chef Michael Solomonov brushes branzino with olive oil and seasons with a combination of Aleppo pepper, fenugreek, and salt. He flavors his warm potato-and-egg salad with a red wine vinaigrette, then spices it with za’atar, the Middle Eastern blend of sesame seeds, herbs, and sumac.
Halibut and Corn Grill Packets with Herb Butter
If you’re looking for an easy summertime meal for the grill, look no further than these foil packets filled with halibut, fresh corn, shiitake mushrooms, and an herb butter made with chives and tarragon. Simply wrap everything in heavy-duty foil, then grill the packets for eight to 10 minutes.
Grilled Sardines with Mint and Almonds
Grill sardines with an herb rub to get all the complex flavors of traditional North African cuisine in a half hour.
Fish Grilled in Banana Leaves with Chile-Lime Sauce
For this quick and bold sauce, chef Zak Pelaccio purees vibrant ingredients like fresh lemongrass and ginger with chiles and fish sauce. Here, Pelaccio serves it with mackerel, but it’s delicious with any grilled or roasted fish, with or without the banana leaves.
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