Amberjack Recipes Grilled

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Pick up a whole wheat baguette from the bakery section of your grocery store, steam some fresh asparagus, and prepare the cream sauce ahead of time, if you like—just remember to save the lemon juice for the fish.

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How To Make grilled amberjack. Melt butter and brush over Amberjack. Sprinkle season salt, garlic salt and paprika over Amberjack. Grill over medium ash coal 5 to 7 minutes on each side until done.

How to Cook Amberjack (The Best Way)

Grilled Amberjack with Country-Style Dijon Cream Sauce 🔗

Prepare the cream sauce ahead, if you like—just be sure to reserve the lemon juice for the fish. Pick up a whole wheat baguette from the bakery at your supermarket, and steam fresh asparagus to make this meal quick and easy.

Prep: 2min

Total: 9min

Nutrition Facts: calories 256 calories, Carbohydrate 6.3 g, Cholesterol 83 mg, Fat 8 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 37.2 g, Saturated Fat 0.8 g, servingSize None, Sodium 473 mg, Sugar None, Trans Fat None, unSaturated Fat None

Ingredients:

  • 2 teaspoons salt-free steak grilling blend (such as Mrs. Dash)
  • 1 ½ teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon
  • Cooking spray
  • 4 (6-ounce) amberjack fillets (about 3/4 inch thick)
  • 1 lemon
  • Country-Style Dijon Cream Sauce

Instruction:

  1. Combine steak seasoning and tarragon in a small bowl; set aside.
  2. Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Coat fillets with cooking spray, and rub with seasoning mixture. Add fish to pan. Cook 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until fillets flake easily when tested with a fork.
  3. While fish cooks, grate 1 teaspoon rind from lemon; squeeze juice to measure 1 tablespoon. Reserve lemon rind for Country-Style Dijon Cream Sauce.
  4. Place 1 fillet on each of 4 serving plates. Drizzle fillets evenly with lemon juice, and top with a dollop of cream sauce.

FAQ

What does amberjack taste like?

The flavor of greater amberjack has been compared to that of mahi-mahi and tuna, though it is neither as mild nor as steak-like as mahi-mahi. This fish holds up well to almost any preparation method, including broiling, baking, grilling, pan frying, and smoking.

How do you know when amberjack is cooked?

Fish should look charred and should flake easily when tested with a fork after 3 minutes of cooking in a large cast-iron skillet that has been coated with cooking spray and heated over high heat until very hot.

Is amberjack delicious?

The compact and tasty meat, rosy in color and with a flavor akin to tuna, makes it excellent to consume both raw and cooked. The amberjack is distinguished by its delicate taste, which sets it apart from the other fish that belong to the same category, namely the bluefish.

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