Banana Leaf Mahi Mahi With Citrus and Chiles

Name: Banana Leaf Mahi Mahi With Citrus and Chiles
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams package fresh or frozen banana leaves, thawed if frozen; 2 cloves garlic; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 5 dried guajillo chiles, stemmed and seeded; 6 servings Kosher salt; 1 lime (1/2 juiced, 1/2 thinly sliced into 6 half-moons); 1 kgs mahi mahi fillets; 1 orange (1/2 juiced, 1/2 thinly sliced into 6 half-moons); 1 teaspoon dried oregano, preferably Mexican; 118 milliliters chopped red onion; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Banana Leaf Mahi Mahi With Citrus and Chiles a try. One portion of this dish contains around 32g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 212 calories. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. Head to the store and pick up onion, lime, mahi mahi fillets, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the ground cumin you could follow this main course with the Moroccan Chocolate Mousse as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, whole 30, and pescatarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Put the chiles in a bowl, cover with boiling water and soak until pliable, about 15 minutes. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the soaking liquid, then drain the chiles.

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Chili Pepper

Water

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Bowl

Meanwhile, heat the vegetable oil in a medium skillet over medium heat.

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Vegetable Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the onion, garlic, oregano and cumin and cook until the onion is soft but not browned, about 5 minutes.

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Oregano

Garlic

Cumin

Onion

Transfer to a blender along with the reserved chile soaking liquid, the chiles, orange juice, lime juice and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; blend until smooth.

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Orange Juice

Lime Juice

Chili Pepper

Salt

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Blender

Unfold the banana leaves and cut into six 12-inch-long pieces; rinse and pat dry.

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Banana Leaves

Place a banana leaf shiny-side down on a work surface. Coat the fish generously with the pureed chile mixture.

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Banana Leaves

Chili Pepper

Fish

Place 1 mahi mahi fillet in the center of the leaf and top with a slice each of orange and lime. Fold 2 opposite ends of the leaf over the fish, overlapping them to tightly enclose the fish, then tuck the open ends underneath.

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Mahi Mahi

Orange

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Lime

Transfer to a large roasting pan or baking dish. Repeat to make 5 more banana leaf-wrapped fillets, then transfer the pan to the refrigerator and let the fish marinate 1 to 3 hours.

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Banana Leaves

Fish

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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Remove the pan from the refrigerator and cover tightly with foil.

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Aluminum Foil

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Bake until the fish is just cooked through, opening a packet to check for doneness, about 35 minutes.

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Fish

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Transfer to plates and carefully unwrap just before eating.

Photograph by Con Poulos

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Servings:

454grams

package fresh or frozen banana leaves, thawed if frozen 2cloves

garlic 1teaspoon

ground cumin 5

dried guajillo chiles, stemmed and seeded 6servings

Kosher salt 1

lime (1/2 juiced, 1/2 thinly sliced into 6 half-moons)1kgs

mahi mahi fillets 1

orange (1/2 juiced, 1/2 thinly sliced into 6 half-moons)1teaspoon

dried oregano, preferably Mexican 118milliliters

chopped red onion 2Tbsps

vegetable oil

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir

Fish on the menu? Try pairing with Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir. Fish is as diverse as wine, so it's hard to pick wines that go with every fish. A crisp white wine, such as a pinot grigio or Grüner Veltliner, will suit any delicately flavored white fish. Meaty, strongly flavored fish such as salmon and tuna can even handle a light red wine, such as a pinot noir. You could try Proverb Pinot Grigio Wine. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 13 dollars per bottle.