Grilled Redfish With Crawfish-Oyster Sauce Over Grilled Asparagus

Grilled Redfish With Crawfish-Oyster Sauce Over Grilled Asparagus

Serves 16. Recipe is from Ascension Parish 4-H.

For the sauce:

2 tbls. olive oil

1/2 cup red onion, chopped

1/2 cup red bell pepper, chopped

1 tbl. minced fresh garlic

1 lb. crawfish tails, peeled

1/2 lb. fresh mushrooms, sliced

1/2 cup Sauvignon Blanc wine

2 cups whipping cream

3/4 tsp. fresh oregano, chopped

3 tsps. fresh sweet basil, chopped

1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper

1/4 tsp. Louisiana hot sauce

1 tsp. salt

1 pint oysters, well drained

6 fresh green onions, chopped

1 tbl. fresh parsley, chopped

Zest of half a lemon

1. In a 12-inch skillet, sauté onion, bell pepper and garlic in olive oil, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add crawfish tails and mushrooms, sauté another 3 to 4 minutes.

2. Pour in wine, simmer and reduce liquid by half.

4. Pour cream into a mixing bowl and add the oregano, basil, red pepper, hot sauce and salt.

5. Add seasoned cream and oysters to the crawfish mixture and simmer about 5 minutes until crawfish and oysters are cooked. Remove from heat and stir in green onions, parsley and lemon zest. Set aside and keep warm.

For the redfish:

8 (1/2-to-3/4 lb.) redfish fillets

4 tbls. Cajun seasoning

4 tbls. butter and olive oil mixture

Coat fillets on both sides with Cajun seasoning. Heat the butter and olive oil in a grill pan, then cook fish 4 to 5 minutes on each side.

For the grilled asparagus:

11/2 lbs. fresh asparagus

Cooking spray

Juice of 1 lemon

1 tsp. sea salt

1. Trip the asparagus as needed, then spray the stalks with cooking spray. Sprinkle salt and lemon juice over stalks.

2. Heat a grilling pan and cook the asparagus for 5 minutes, turning often to ensure even cooking.

3. Remove and arrange on serving plates. Place a 3 oz. serving of redfish on top, then top with sauce.


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