Pan Fried Wahoo
Fresh Wahoo cooked in a griddle pan after a 30 minute marinate in olive oil, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, lime juice, and chilli flakes. Can use a griddle pan or even grill. Wahoo can be caught around the coastal areas of Thailand and is an excellent, firm table fish. This marinade would work well with most firm white fish.
Ingredients
- 4 Wahoo steaks
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
- cayenne pepper, to taste
- pinch red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Make you marinade, mix olive oil, lemon juice, lime juice, cayenne pepper, red pepper flakes in a bowl.
- Rinse your fish and pat dry, place in the marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Heat griddle pan to medium, you don't really need oil because you can use the oil from the marinade while cooking. If additional oil is needed, use a spoon or two from the left over marinade.
- Add the fish to the griddle pan, and season with salt and pepper to your liking.
- Turn the fish steaks over several times for even cooking, and sprinkle the garlic on about halfway through cooking. Total cooking time is 15-20 minutes.
- Serve with a basic fried rice and vegetable. Healthy and nutritious.
Notes
Probably the easiest way you are going to get a fresh Wahoo is either buying from a local fisherman, which can be very reasonable! Or you can catch yourself when you go out ocean fishing. Wahoo can come close to shore and is also caught well off shore while trolling.
I can only give a price estimate based on what I paid to get a fresh caught Wahoo. One day I was at the ocean surf fishing, caught absolutely nothing (called fishing, not catching, for a reason) and as I packed up fishing kit, a small boat came ashore right in front of me. I was curious so I walked over to see what his catch was, this was a local Thai fisherman. He had a lot of fish, and the one that caught my eye, was a 3 foot (1 meter) Wahoo, still flopping, doesn't get any fresher! So I reach into my pocket and I am counting money and I asked the fisherman, very proud of his catch, how much for the Wahoo. He thought about it for just a few seconds and said 300 Baht, without even hesitation or trying to bargain him down, I pulled out 300 Baht and handed it to him! He was a happy fisherman!!! A 3 foot Wahoo makes a lot of steaks! 300 Baht is about $8.90, I got more than 10 steaks from this fish, so easily less than $1 per meal per person, but this depends on how one obtains the fish. Add a basic fried rice or a potato salad and vegetable on the side, still less than $1.
