Grilled Striped Bass With Mango Salsa
- 2 not-overly-ripe mangoes, or 3 peaches, skin removed and cut into 1/2-inch dice
- Salt and pepper
- Dried red chili flakes or cayenne
- 2 limes, juiced
- 1 tablespoon olive or peanut oil, plus more as needed
- 2 pounds striped bass, red snapper, sea bass or grouper, in one or two fillets, preferably with skin
- 1/2 cup (about) chopped cilantro leaves
- Start a grill or preheat a broiler.
- Combine fruit with a sprinkle of salt, chili flakes or cayenne, lime juice and a tablespoon of olive oil.
- Rub both sides of fish lightly with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Grill or broil fish, skin side down.
- If grill has a cover, use it, and grill 8 to 12 minutes, or until fish is done.
- Remove carefully with a large spatula.
- If grill does not have a cover, brush top of fish with oil after 4 or 5 minutes and turn it carefully with a large spatula.
- Continue to cook, skin side up, until fish is done; remove carefully.
- To broil, put fish in a nonstick broiling pan and adjust the oven rack so top of fillet is no more than 4 inches from the heat source.
- Broil without turning, until top is nicely browned and fish is done.
- If fish appears to be browning too quickly, move the rack a couple of inches farther from the heat.
- Brush fish once more with oil; garnish salsa with cilantro, then serve fish and salsa together.
mangoes, salt, red chili, olive, bass, cilantro
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11896 (may not work)