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Lionfish Recipes Submitted by Local Divers

These recipes have been submitted to our site by the local dive community and they are posted here for everyone to enjoy. Your favorite lionfish recipes can be submitted to us with a brief description and we will post them on this site.

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TEMPURA LIONFISH

Lionfish meat Salt
Ginger   Rice vinegar
Garlic    Favorite tempura batter
Mirin

Preparation:
Prepare the fish by lightly washing and patting dry. Prepare the marinade which includes a mixture of fresh ginger, garlic, mirin, salt and rice vinegar. Marinate as per your time allowance but up to 1 day. Make tempura batter (as per your favorite recipe)

Cooking:
Heat oil.  Dredge fillet in flour and dip in batter.  Fry until lightly golden.

Serve with your favorite oriental sauce. Submitted by: Scubaboard.com
SEARED GREEK STYLE

Lionfish meat Fresh ground pepper
Garlic    Kosher salt
Lemon Juice Oregano
Olive oil

Preparation:
Prepare the fish by lightly washing and patting dry.  Prepare the marinade, a mixture of garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, freshly ground pepper, kosher salt and oregano.  Marinate as per your time allowance but up to 1 day

Cooking:
Heat cast iron pan to smoking hot (no additional oil is needed). Place fillet on hot pan. Sear until brown, flip and cook other side.

Serve with lemon. Submitted by: Scubaboard.com
FLUFFY BATTERED LIONFISH

Lionfish meat Egg
Vegetable Oil Mayonnaise
Pancake Mix   Hot Sauce
Lemon Pepper      Salt  & Pepper
Milk  Fresh Cilantro

Preparation:
Prepare the fish by lightly washing and patting dry.  Take pancake mix, lemon pepper, milk and egg and mix together. 

Cooking:
Dip the lionfish with slits cut on the side in the batter then deep fry.  Make a dipping sauce out of mayonnaise, hot sauce, salt, pepper, and finely chopped fresh cilantro.

Serve with fried shoestring potatoes, cole slaw, and a slice of lime.        Submitted by: LionfishHunter.com
FRIED BAHAMIAN STYLE

Lionfish meat Cornstarch
Oil   Lime wedges
Flour     Favorite dip

Preparation:
Prepare the fish by lightly washing/lightly scoring and patting dry.  Prepare Bahamian style marinade of lime juice, sour orange juice, garlic, goat pepper, salt and pepper. Prepare the fish by lightly washing and patting dry.

Cooking:
Heat oil. Coat fish in flour and cornstarch mix. Fry fish until lightly golden.

Serve with your favorite dip and lime wedges. Submitted by: Scubaboard.com
BAHAMIAN FISH FRY

Lionfish meat Sea Salt
Peanut Oil    Hot Pepper
  
Preparation:
Grind a hot pepper in salt / cut slits in the side of the lionfish (head on) and rub the spicy salt all over the body of the fish.

Cooking:
Hard pan fry with peanut oil 1/4” deep.

Serve with peas and rice, home made macaroni and cheese, and cole slaw with hot sauce.
Submitted by: LionfishHunter.com
SOUTH PACIFIC GRILLED

Lionfish meat Sea Salt
Olive Oil        Calamnsi Juice or Lime
Chillies   Soy Sauce
  
Preparation:
Briefly marinate lionfish filets in calamnsi juice (or lime) and salt. Make a dip by crushing 3 mild chillies in soy sauce and calamansi juice (or lime). 

Cooking:
Flash grill in hot pan with olive oil or serve as ceviche.

Serve with sticky rice, grilled vegetables and mango chutney on the side. Eat with chop sticks.
Submitted by: LionfishHunter.com
LIONFISH TACO

Lionfish meat Spicy Pico de Gallo
Soft or Hard Taco Shells     Black Beans
Olive Oil Shredded Cheese
Blackened Seasoning   Sour Cream
Shredded Lettuce
  
Preparation:
Use soft flour or crunchy corn tortillas. Spice Lionfish Filets with blackened seasoning.

Cooking:
Sear on a hot pan with olive oil. Place Lionfish in tortilla.

Add shredded lettuce, home made spicy pico de gallo, warmed black beans, shredded cheese, top with sour cream
Submitted by: LionfishHunter.com
HOT LIONFISH POPPERS

Lionfish meat Pancake Batter
Olive Oil        Pickled Cherry Peppers
Your Favorite Spice      Bacon Bits
Flour      Shredded Jack Cheese
  
Preparation:
Lightly grill Lionfish filets in olive oil and your choice of spice.  Cook bacon and chop into bits. Slice a pickled cherry pepper half way through and take out the seeds. Stuff with shredded jack cheese, grilled Lionfish and precooked bacon bits. Sprinkle the stuffed pepper with flour and dip it in pancake batter.

Cooking:
Deep fry until golden brown.

Dip in marinara sauce
Submitted by: LionfishHunter.com