Tropical Swordfish Burgers
Ready In: 2 hrs 8 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
Herbed Butter
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
- sea salt
Mango Salsa
- 2 ripe mangoes, peeled and diced
- 1 vidalia onion, chopped
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- sea salt
- fresh ground black pepper
Burgers
- 2 (10 ounce) swordfish steaks, halved (about 3/4 inch thick)
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 4 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 1 garlic clove, mashed
- sea salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- 4 deli-style rolls
Directions
- Make the Mango Salsa: combine the mangoes, onion, cilantro, and lime juice in a glass bowl; season to taste with salt and pepper; toss thoroughly.
- Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
- Make the Herb Butter: in a bowl, mix the butter, chives, parsley, and lemon pepper; season with salt; set aside.
- Make the burgers: trim the swordfish pieces to fit the rolls.
- In a bowl, whisk the lime juice, soy sauce, olive oil, ginger, garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Add the swordfish, tossing to coat it; cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Preheat a broiler or charcoal/gas grill to medium-high heat.
- Broil or grill the burgers, flipping once, until the cooked sides are browned, about 4 minutes on each side.
- Spread herbed butter on deli rolls; place swordfish on roll bottoms; top with salsa and set roll tops in place.
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