Mahi | Gourmet Beauty

I was home alone again last week and wanted to cook myself an actual meal instead of just a snack for dinner, like I normally do when I’m alone. I hadn’t gone grocery shopping and was short on a lot of ingredients so I looked for a recipe that was simple and fast. The Fit Cook is one of my favorite food bloggers and I’ve tried one of her recipes before here (which was AMAZING). I went looking on her blog for the perfect dinner for one.

This dish only called for a mild white fish, panko bread crumbs, coconut oil and lime juice. I always have these ingredients on hand! It was really fast to prep and cook and it turned out to be absolutely delicious. The coconut oil adds a very mild tropical taste to it, which is enhanced by the fresh lime juice that gets squeezed on after it’s cooked. I ate this with a side of my parmesan lemon roasted broccolini, which turned this into a gourmet dinner for one!

I highly recommend this easy dinner and I also suggest you check out Luisana’s blog for more nutritious, simple and delicious recipes. Plus, she is one the prettiest people I’ve ever seen! Totally irrelevant but this is also a beauty blog after all!

Enjoy!

Panko Crusted Mahi-Mahi (Serves 2)

Adapted from The Fit Cook

Ingredients

1 tablespoon virgin unrefined coconut oil
2 fillets of mahi (I used the frozen version from Trader Joes)
1/3 cup panko bread crumbs
salt, pepper, lemon pepper
lime wedges to serve

Directions

Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat.
Pat the fillets dry with a paper towel, then season both sides with salt, pepper and lemon pepper
Add the panko to a large dish. Dredge the fish in the panko on both sides, using a spoon to press it on if necessary
Add the fish to the pan. Cook 2 minutes on each side, or until crispy and cooked through.
Squeeze the desired amount of lime juice on each piece (I like a lot of juice, about two wedges per fillet)
Serve with lime wedges for garnish

I love simple, flavorful dishes that taste like they took much longer to cook than they actually did.

This is definitely one of those dishes. This was one of the first seafood dishes I ever cooked and it’s become one of our favorite dinners. It’s perfect for a quick and healthy dinner for two and it’s also an excellent dish when having guests over.

The lemon, garlic, white wine, butter combination is so simple and so flavorful. Mahi is my favorite fish to cook with. It’s very mild and it takes on the flavors of all the ingredients you cook it in.

I served this with a side of wild rice and it was absolutely delicious. We both had clean plates after this dinner.

Enjoy!

Garlic Lemon Mahi-Mahi with a White Wine Butter Sauce (Serves 2)

Ingredients

Canola Oil for sauteing
2 mahi-mahi fillets (I used frozen fillets from Trader Joe’s)
1-2 garlic cloves, chopped
2 lemons, juiced
1/2 cup white wine
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Sea salt, pepper, garlic salt, lemon pepper

Directions

Make sure fillets are rinsed and dried very well. The fish won’t brown properly if it’s damp.
Once dry, season the fillets to taste with the salt, pepper, lemon pepper and garlic salt on both sides.
Combine the wine, lemon juice and garlic in a container and set aside.
In a large saute pan or skillet, heat the oil over medium high heat. Add the mahi and cook until the underside is golden brown, about 3 minutes. Turn the fish over and let cook for 1 minute.
Add the white wine, lemon juice, garlic combination. Let that cook for about 2 minutes.
Once the wine and lemon juice have cooked down, add the butter and whisk it into the sauce.
Once fish is cooked through plate immediately.
Ladle the white wine sauce from the pan on top of each piece of fish before serving.