Mahi-Mahi With Lemon Caper Sauce

Ready in : 45 mins

Need a gluten free, primal, and pescatarian main course? Mahi-Mahi With Lemon Caper Sauce could be a great recipe to try. This recipe serves 4. For $6.61 per serving, this recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 217 calories, 32g of protein, and 7g of fat. This recipe from Foodista requires mahi-mahi, capers, juice of lemon, and shallot. 3 people were glad they tried this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 40%. This score is solid. Pesto Crusted Mahi-Mahi with Blistered Tomatoes and Lemon Butter Sauce, Almond-Thyme-Crusted Mahi Mahi with Lemon Chardonnay Sauce, and Almond-Thyme-Crusted Mahi Mahi with Lemon Chardonnay Sauce are very similar to this recipe.

Diets

GLUTEN FREE

PRIMAL

PESCATARIAN

Ingredients

mahi-mahi

4 fillet

salt and pepper

1 tablespoon

butter

2 tablespoons

shallot

1

white wine

0.25 cup

vegetable broth

0.25 cup

juice of lemon

1

lemon rind

1 tablespoon

capers

0.25 cup

Cooking in Steps

1
Prepare the fish by sprinkling each side with salt and pepper (or lemon pepper).

salt and pepper

lemon pepper

fish
2
Pour the olive oil into a stainless steel pan on medium high heat. When the oil is hot, test it with the tip of the fish fillet. If the oil crackles from the touch, your ready! If not, it needs to be hotter to get the sear the dish needs.

fish fillets

olive oil

cooking oil

frying pan
3
When the Mahi-Mahi is cooked (usually 3-4 minutes per side depending on the thickness of your fillet), remove and cover loosely to keep warm.

mahi mahi
4
Add the butter to the hot pan and melt.

butter

frying pan
5
Saute the shallots until softened in the melted butter.

shallot

butter
6
Add wine, broth, lemon juice, and lemon zest to the pan and use a spatula to scrape up all the browned bits (aka deglaze the pan). Allow the mixture to simmer and reduce by 1/3 to 1/2, stirring occasionally. Note: you can adjust the wine/broth ratio according to your tastes and how much wine you have left in the bottle by the time you get to this step ;)

lemon juice

lemon zest

broth

wine

spatula

frying pan
7
Add the rinsed capers and simmer one more minute. While you are waiting, plate your fillets.

capers
8
Pour the sauce over the top.